Since 2018, the Columbus OH Post of Duty, and the Detroit Field Office, have maintained a Third Party Money Laundering (3PML) Project. This project focuses on Complicit Money Service Businesses (MSB) working for Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations. The purpose of this project is to develop high-impact 3PML cases for the Detroit Field Office and the rest of the United States, by utilizing data analytics. This project is known as the “3PML Fentanyl Initiative”. NOTE: Complicit MSB cases involve poly-substance narcotics trafficking and almost always Fentanyl. Additionally, focusing on Complicit MSB’s is the clearest avenue for IRS-CI and other financial investigators to combat the Fentanyl crisis – hence the name “3PML Fentanyl Initiative”.