Mexican Cartels Are Using Casinos, to Launder Fentanyl Proceedings In the U.S.

Las year alone, financial institutions estimated that at least $1.4 billion in transactions were linked to the Jalisco and Sinaloa cartels (Credit: Via MILENIO)

For many years, drug cartels in Mexico have used the United States as not only its main market for fentanyl trafficking, but also to launder their profits.

According to a recent report, the Sinaloa cartel and the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) use casinos in the U.S. to launder profits from drug trafficking and other illegal businesses. Financial institutions estimated that last year alone at least $1.4 billion in transactions were linked to these two criminal organizations.