Mexico's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, through the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), announced strengthened international cooperation with the Government of Italy and the United Nations Institute for Interregional Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI), working with the Italian Embassy in Mexico to combat organized crime, extortion, fraud, financial crimes and money laundering. UIF head Omar Reyes Colmenares held a working meeting with UNICRI expert Vincenzo Lo Cascio, Italian Embassy police attaché Lieutenant Colonel Luca Brioschi and UNICRI senior prison expert Martha Orozco to reinforce collaboration mechanisms. The exchange covered strategic information-sharing arrangements and reciprocal training processes intended to build institutional capacity for identifying and mitigating organized-crime risks, alongside sharing international good practices to improve prevention, detection and analysis of financial operations linked to illicit activity. UNICRI Resident Coordinator Allegra Baiocchi is expected to meet with the UIF in a further engagement. The ministry positioned the cooperation within a broader anti-money laundering policy pursued since October 2024 and linked it to alignment with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, while indicating it will continue international cooperation actions under the existing legal framework.
Ministry of Finance & Public Credit (Mexico) 2026-04-23
Mexico's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit expands UIF information sharing and training cooperation with Italy and UNICRI
Mexico’s Ministry of Finance, through the Financial Intelligence Unit, has strengthened cooperation with the Government of Italy and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute to combat organized crime, extortion, fraud, financial crimes and money laundering. The parties discussed enhanced information-sharing, reciprocal training and exchange of good practices to improve prevention, detection and analysis of illicit financial operations, as part of Mexico’s broader anti-money laundering policy and alignment with Financial Action Task Force standards.