Publications, Presentations & Events

LBKM partner Adam Kaufmann will speak at the third edition of the Procopio International Litigation and Arbitration Retreat, a key forum where litigators from the United States and Mexico will come together to analyze the legal challenges impacting both jurisdictions.

The U.S. government is laser-focused on illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioid trafficking and has shifted its approach from targeting narcotics operators themselves to focusing on their financial and commercial infrastructure: banks, brokerage houses, trade intermediaries, corporations and logistics firms. There is a clear political and enforcement intent to “make examples” of institutions—regardless of size or degree of complicity—to establish deterrence, show resolve, and build domestic political capital.

President Trump has cracked down on terror support networks in Yemen and Iran, but he has also extended hope for development in war-torn Syria.

The United States Deputy Attorney General has issued guidelines for FCPA investigations and enforcement as directed by Executive Order 14209.

In a recent enforcement action, FinCEN used Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act’s “special measures” to exile a “network” of Cambodia-based businesses, including a crypto brokerage, from the U.S. financial system.

Cristian Francos will be co-chairing the 27th annual transnational crime conference from May 14-16 at the Ritz-Carleton in Santiago, Chile.