Carl Levin actually said...

even though there have been changes in the laws... it is still going on

We rely on financial institutions to ensure that those for whom we have applied sanctions are not able to access the U.S. financial system.

Now, what is the relationship between the strength of a drug cartel and the ability of that drug cartel to launder money?

So the short answer is they cannot do it directly, so they have to go through this process of sending it to a Mexican bank, if they can, and...