US Treasury sanctions Hysa over alleged links to Mexico casino laundering network
The US Treasury Department sanctioned Luftar Hysa on Thursday over alleged links to the Sinaloa Cartel and money laundering through businesses including gambling establishments in Mexico. Treasury identified at least 10 casinos in the network as being of primary money-laundering concern; Mexican authorities had announced a day earlier that they froze accounts linked to 13 casinos over alleged organised-crime ties.
The action puts US sanctions on a casino owner and identifies Mexican gambling businesses as money-laundering concerns.