Fentanyl Money Laundering: Red Flags Cheat Sheet

Every fake pill sold leaves cash behind, and that cash has to get back to the cartels looking clean. This one-page printable shows your team how to spot it.

Inside:

• How the drug and the money move: China → Mexico → U.S. and Canada → back south
• The 4 laundering channels: bulk cash, funnel accounts, trade and Chinese money laundering networks
• 7 red flags to watch for in customer activity
• Cases to know: Operation Fortune Runner, TD Bank, FinCEN's FEND Off Fentanyl Act orders and the Falkland, B.C. superlab
• What to do: document, escalate, don't tip off, report to FINTRAC or FinCEN

Built from The Risk Café Files episode The Deadly Dollar. For tellers, KYC and onboarding teams, monitoring analysts, investigators and MSB agents.

1-page PDF, Letter size. By SafeSquare Consulting. General information, not legal advice.