Mexico's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, through its Financial Intelligence Unit, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Attorney General's Office of the State of Zacatecas to strengthen information sharing on the prevention, detection and investigation of transactions involving illicit proceeds and related crimes. The arrangement updates existing cooperation mechanisms and is intended to improve institutional coordination, permanent communication channels, financial intelligence work, asset investigations and criminal justice support. Under the agreement, the Zacatecas prosecutor's office may provide information from its records, databases and analytical systems that is relevant to the Financial Intelligence Unit's functions. In turn, the unit may share intelligence products derived from reports and notices filed by obliged entities where these can support investigations under state jurisdiction. The two institutions may also carry out training on operational and strategic analysis, create specialized working groups, strengthen information-exchange mechanisms, introduce technological tools and coordinate technical and operational actions.

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