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SAR Activity Review Issue 11
FinCEN Delays Implementation of Revised Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Forms

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today filed a Federal Register notice announcing the delayed implementation of certain revised Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) forms that were scheduled to become effective on June 30, 2007.…

Suspicious Activity Reporting; Release of Revised Suspicious Activity Reports
Application of the Customer Identification Program Rule to Future Commission Merchants Operating as Executing and Clearing Brokers in Give-Up Arrangements

Q. It is an established practice in the futures industry that futures commission merchants engage in transactions through give-up arrangements, whereby a futures commission merchant, acting as an executing broker1, executes an order on an exchange for a commodity customer,2…

FinCEN and CFTC Staff Issue Guidance on Application of CIP Rules to Give-Up Arrangements

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that they are jointly issuing guidance on the application of the customer identification program (CIP) regulation to give-up arrangements in the futures industry. Today'…

Proposed Renewal Without Change Imposition of Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of Syria, Including Its Subsidiary Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern
Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations Imposition of Special Measure Against Banco Delta Asia, Including its subsidiaries Delta Asia Credit Limited and Delta Asia Insurance Limited, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern
Banco Delta Asia
Treasury Finalizes Rule Against Banco Delta Asia
Secretary Paulson Names James H. Freis, Jr. as the New Director of FinCEN