Suspected human smuggling reports plummeted by 62% in 2025, according to a new report released by the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). This represents a huge drop in revenue to the cartels.
FinCEN’s analysis showed that financial institutions reported nearly $5 billion in transactions possibly connected to human smuggling between 2023 and 2025. The report reviewed Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data and found several warning signs, including transactions between people with no clear relationship, money transfers that followed known migration routes, and unusually high levels of cash activity near the US-Mexico border.
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