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FinCEN participated in a trilateral workshop as part of the North America Drug Dialogue (NADD) to address money laundering activities associated with fentanyl and other drug trafficking. The workshop was hosted by Mexico’s Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF) and was joined by Canada’s…

PRETORIA—Following Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s commitment earlier this year to form a U.S.-South Africa Task Force on Combating the Financing of Wildlife Trafficking (Task Force), a delegation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, led by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network…

Today, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) are issuing a supplemental joint alert urging continued vigilance on the part of U.S. financial institutions for potential attempts by Russia to evade U.S. export…

Prepared remarks of FinCEN Acting Director Himamauli Das before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has assessed a $1.5 million civil money penalty on South Dakota-chartered The Kingdom Trust Company (Kingdom Trust) for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and its implementing regulations. This is FinCEN’s first enforcement action…

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued its FinCEN Year in Review for FY 2022. The Year in Review is intended to help stakeholders gain insight into both FinCEN’s efforts to support law enforcement and national security agencies, and how financial information—filed…

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the renewal and expansion of its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind shell companies used in non-financed purchases of residential real…