Proposal of Special Measure Regarding Transactions Involving Ten Mexican Gambling Establishments as a Class of Transactions of Primary Money Laundering Concern (as submitted to the Federal Register)

November 13, 2025 / Source: US Department of the Treasury, FinCEN

FinCEN-311-Gambling-Establishments-NPRM (496.93 KB)
Release Date
November 13, 2025
Action Type
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

FinCEN is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking, pursuant to section 311 of the
USA PATRIOT Act, that finds transactions involving ten identified Mexico-based gambling
establishments to be a class of transactions of primary money laundering concern, and proposes
imposing a special measure to: (1) prohibit U.S. financial institutions from opening or
maintaining a correspondent account for any foreign banking institution if such account is used
to process transactions involving any of the gambling establishments, and (2) require U.S.
financial institutions to apply special due diligence to their correspondent accounts that is
reasonably designed to guard against the use of such accounts to process transactions involving
any of the gambling establishments.

For more information, see: FinCEN 311 Gambling Establishments NPRM, November 2025