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On June 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidelines implementing Executive Order 14209, which temporarily halted new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations and required a review of current cases. These new guidelines reflect a shift in FCPA enforcement toward cases that directly impact U.S. national security, harm American economic competitiveness, involve transnational criminal threats or include significant criminal conduct by individuals. Cases lacking these elements will be deprioritized.

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President Trump campaigned on the promise to make the United States the “crypto capital” of the world. In his first days in office, he took steps to advance that goal, including by signing an executive order designed to support the U.S. crypto industry and appointing senior officials who support crypto. President Trump has also begun to roll back certain aspects of the Biden administration’s crypto regulatory and enforcement policies and indicated that his administration will attempt to implement a clear regulatory framework for the crypto industry.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ), through the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Southern District of California, recently announced a non-prosecution agreement with a Las Vegas casino, which forfeited over $130 million under the agreement. The agreement settled criminal allegations that the casino conspired with unlicensed money transmitting businesses (MTBs) worldwide to transfer funds for its financial benefit. This announcement is the latest example of the DOJ’s expanding focus on alleged money-laundering activities involving MTBs and international transfers of funds, particularly transfers connected with mainland China and mainland Chinese-related criminal activity.

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