Jose Martin

Mexico Issues New Asset Forfeiture Law and Creates Special Forfeiture Unit

Mexico - January 2 2020 On August 9, 2019, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador passed legislation that added corruption to the catalogue of criminal conduct subject...

Richard J. Gibbon, Mayte G. Fedowitz, Alexander A. Salinas.

Mexican Asset Forfeiture Redux

Mexico - November 7 2019 As a response to the increased violence of organized crime, Mexico passed its first forfeiture law in 2008. At the time, the law was seen as an agile...

Alexander A. Salinas.

Mexico’s Anticorruption Legislation: New Compliance Program Requirements (PART 3)

Mexico - April 26 2018 In our two previous posts, we discussed the general outline of the Mexican National Anticorruption System, and highlighted some aspects of the General...

Federal Criminal Code and the new General Law of Administrative Responsibility

Mexico - April 4 2018 On our previous blog post we provided the general outline and background behind Mexico’s National Anticorruption System. On this post, we will go...

Mexico’s Anticorruption Legislation and its Impact

Mexico - March 16 2018 Beginning in 2015, Mexico has been promulgating sweeping anticorruption legislation. Mexico first laid the groundwork with amendments to the Federal...