Mexico AML Supervisory Architecture

1. Statutory Framework

Core Gambling Legislation

• Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos (Diario Oficial de la Federación, 31 December 1947, as amended).
• Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos (2004, as amended).

The Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos establishes the federal legal framework governing authorized gambling and betting activities in Mexico. Regulatory competence is exercised at federal level.

Anti-Money Laundering Legal Basis

• Ley Federal para la Prevención e Identificación de Operaciones con Recursos de Procedencia Ilícita (LFPIORPI) (Diario Oficial de la Federación, 17 October 2012, as amended).
• Reglamento de la LFPIORPI.
• Código Penal Federal (money laundering offences).

Article 17 of the LFPIORPI classifies gambling-related activities as “Actividades Vulnerables,” subject to identification, recordkeeping, reporting, and compliance obligations under federal law.

2. Supervisory Allocation

Gambling Regulatory Authority

Authority: Dirección General de Juegos y Sorteos (DGJS)

Institutional Allocation: Secretaría de Gobernación (SEGOB)

The Dirección General de Juegos y Sorteos exercises federal regulatory supervision pursuant to the Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos and its implementing regulations.

AML Supervisory and Administrative Authorities

Financial Intelligence Unit: Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF)

Administrative Supervisory Authority: Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT)

Institutional Allocation: Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (SHCP)

The Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera receives and analyzes suspicious transaction reports submitted under the LFPIORPI framework. Administrative verification procedures, compliance oversight, and sanctioning functions under the LFPIORPI are conducted within the Ministry of Finance structure, including through the Servicio de Administración Tributaria.

3. Reporting Architecture

Core Obligations under LFPIORPI

• Customer identification and verification.
• Retention of transaction records.
• Submission of electronic notices (Avisos) for reportable transactions pursuant to Article 17 and related provisions of the LFPIORPI.
• Designation of a compliance representative before the Ministry of Finance.

Electronic Reporting System

Obligated entities must submit electronic notices through the official reporting system established under the LFPIORPI and its Regulations. Reports are processed within the Ministry of Finance framework for financial intelligence analysis.

4. Liability Framework

Administrative Sanctions

The LFPIORPI establishes administrative sanctions for non-compliance with identification, reporting, and recordkeeping obligations. Sanctions are imposed in accordance with the sanctioning provisions contained in the LFPIORPI and its Regulations.

Criminal Liability

Money laundering offences are prosecuted under the Código Penal Federal where statutory elements are satisfied.

5. Supervisory Model Classification

• Federal statutory gambling supervision under SEGOB.
• Federal AML supervision under the LFPIORPI framework within SHCP.
• Centralized national reporting and financial intelligence analysis.

Mexico applies a federally centralized supervisory structure under national statutory authority for both gambling regulation and anti-money laundering compliance.

6. Primary Source Registry

• Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos.
• Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos.
• Ley Federal para la Prevención e Identificación de Operaciones con Recursos de Procedencia Ilícita (LFPIORPI).
• Reglamento de la LFPIORPI.
• Código Penal Federal.
• Secretaría de Gobernación – Dirección General de Juegos y Sorteos.
• Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público – Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera.
• Servicio de Administración Tributaria.

Data Classification Notice

This page contains primary-source statutory and supervisory references only. No analytical scoring, interpretative grading, or risk classification is included in this data layer.