Anti-Money-Laundering Reforms Clear First Reading in Congress
Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 22, 2026 · Originally reported October 21, 2026 by Congreso Nacional
The National Congress passed on first reading a sweeping overhaul of Honduras's anti-money-laundering laws, creating the country's first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency providers, tightening electronic-transfer controls, and raising the mandatory customs declaration threshold for cash to $15,000.
An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Congreso Nacional, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.
Also reported by: Radio América Honduras