FTO Designations: Containing Foreign Firms' Legal Risks

By David Raskin ( January 28, 2026, 5:25 PM EST) -- The designation of drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations has understandably unsettled companies operating in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America.[1] The implications seem dramatic: Conduct long analyzed through frameworks of organized crime, corruption and security risk could suddenly be reframed as terrorism-related material support, with severe criminal, sanctions and reputational consequences....

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