Strategic Dialogue on Illicit Finance (SDIF) in Mexico City

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Mexico’s Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera recently held the Strategic Dialogue on Illicit Finance (SDIF) in Mexico City on August 2nd and 3rd. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Elizabeth Rosenberg, and Acting Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Himamauli Das, represented the U.S. Treasury in discussions with their Mexican counterparts.

The dialogue centered around the illicit finance threats facing both nations, with a particular focus on the trafficking of narcotics, specifically synthetic opioids like fentanyl and their precursors. The participants discussed strategies on how both governments can work cooperatively to combat these threats.

The SDIF is a bilateral forum that advances the U.S. - Mexico Bicentennial Framework's goals of combating money laundering and countering terrorism financing.

During their visit, Rosenberg and Das also met with financial institutions from Mexico and the United States to discuss shared priorities. Key topics included combatting corruption, bolstering public-private partnerships to counter illicit finance, and fighting drug, arms, and human trafficking, according to a Treasury readout.