However, these statements have not been confirmed by U.S. authorities. Less bureaucracy and more focus on risks. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) explained that the reform aims to modernize the anti-money laundering system under the Bank Secrecy Act. The main objective is for banks and financial institutions to stop measuring their performance by the number of reports generated and instead do so by their effectiveness in detecting illicit operations. Among the proposed changes is a risk-based approach, which will allow for the concentration of resources on high-impact suspicious activities, as well as greater clarity in supervision and auditing. According to his interpretation, the reform coincides with what he claims to have documented in investigations into the Morena Party and the Government of Mexico. The analyst mentioned alleged schemes such as irregular financing through 'huachicol', the triangulation of public resources, and the use of foreign companies. 'The system was designed to count reports, not to find illicit money,' he wrote. I want to share this with all Mexicans and Spanish speakers: A few hours ago, something historic happened: The U.S. Department of the Treasury and FinCEN published a reform that confirms what we have been reporting for months in our investigations against the Morena Party and the Government of Mexico: FinCEN — the unit... — Simón Levy (@SimonLevyMx) April 8, 2026. Likewise, he stated that there is an ongoing investigation in the United States for money laundering involving José Ramón López Beltrán, son of the former Mexican president. The U.S. Department of the Treasury, through its financial intelligence office, presented a proposal to fundamentally reform the mechanisms against money laundering. Although the announcement has a global and technical scope, it generated political reactions in Mexico after the financial analyst Simon Levy stated that the changes support previous investigations into alleged illicit flows linked to political actors. Levy links the reform to complaints against Morena. Through social networks, Levy maintained that the U.S. government's proposal 'confirms that the money laundering detection system has not been working correctly'. Additionally, the role of FinCEN as the central coordinator of the system is reinforced.
