Newsroom

Members of the media may email inquiries or interview requests to press@fincen.gov.

If you are not a member of the media, please visit the FinCEN contact page.


| Speech
PREPARED REMARKS OF JAMES H. FREIS, JR. DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Today we have gathered in the ancient halls of the University of Salamanca, one of the world's great centers of legal scholarship from centuries past through the present. Among us are some of the leading minds in the fields of international monetary and financial law drawn from about two dozen…
| Federal Register Notice
Proposed Amendments to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations - Exemptions from the Requirement to Report Transactions in Currency; Comment Request
| News
FinCEN Announces Proposal to Amend Currency Transaction Reporting Exemption Regulations
VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is proposing to significantly simplify the current requirements for depository institutions to exempt their eligible customers from currency transaction reporting. FinCEN announced the proposal and request for comments in a Notice of…
| Federal Register Notice
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Withdrawal of Notice and Proposed Rulemaking Against the Republic of Nauru
| News
FinCEN Releases Foreign Corruption SAR Guidance
FinCEN Releases Foreign Corruption SAR GuidanceVIENNA, Va. - In an effort to better assist law enforcement authorities in targeting foreign corruption and related money laundering, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. today announced the publication of guidance…
| Guidance
Guidance to Financial Institutions on Filing Suspicious Activity Reports regarding the Proceeds of Foreign Corruption
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is issuing this guidance to financial institutions so that they may better assist law enforcement when filing Suspicious Activity Reports regarding financial transactions that may involve senior foreign political figures, acting individually or through…
| Enforcement Action
In the Matter of El Noa Noa Corporation
| Federal Register Notice
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Withdrawal of the Finding of Primary Money Laundering Concern and the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Against First Merchant Bank
| Special Measure
First Merchant Bank OSH Ltd.
| News
FinCEN Releases Updated Mortgage Fraud Report
VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released an update to its November 2006 mortgage loan fraud assessment, which is based upon analysis of suspicious activity reports (SARs) provided by the financial industry. The previous study examined a statistical sample of…