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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
READOUT: U.S. - Mexico Strategic Dialogue on Illicit Finance
August 4, 2023

MEXICO CITY — On August 2-3, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and
Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg and Acting Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network Himamauli Das met with counterparts from the Government of Mexico at the Strategic
Dialogue on Illicit Finance (SDIF) in Mexico City, co-hosted by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
and Mexico’s Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera. These meetings focused on the illicit finance
threats facing both countries, such as the trafficking of narcotics, including deadly synthetic
opioids such as fentanyl, and their precursors. Participants discussed how both governments can
continue to work together to combat these threats. The SDIF is a key bilateral forum advancing the
U.S. - Mexico Bicentennial Framework anti-money laundering and countering terrorism finance
goals. The Treasury officials also met with financial institutions from Mexico and the United States
to discuss shared priorities, including combatting corruption, advancing public-private
partnerships to counter illicit finance, and fighting drug, arms, and human trafficking.
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