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New FinCEN Division Focuses on Identifying Primary Foreign Money Laundering Threats
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has launched its Global Investigations Division (GID), which will be responsible for implementing targeted investigation strategies rooted in FinCEN’s unique authorities under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) to combat illicit finance threats…
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FinCEN Advisory Alerts Financial Sector to Fentanyl Trafficking Schemes
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory today to alert financial institutions to financial schemes related to the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. Information in the advisory will assist them in detecting and reporting related criminal…
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Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco, delivered at the 12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference
    12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference Las Vegas, Nevada   Introduction Thank you for that wonderful introduction, Greg. Good morning, everyone. I am delighted to be here today to address the 12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference. Thank…
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Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies and FinCEN Improve Transparency of Risk-Focused BSA/AML Supervision
WASHINGTON – As a result of a working group established by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Federal depository institutions regulators, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and its regulatory partners today issued a joint…
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Guidance on the Application of the Customer Identification Program Rule and the Beneficial Ownership Rule to Certain Introducing Brokers
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Joint Statement on Risk-Focused Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Supervision
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Statement by FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco in Support of Yesterday's Anti-Terrorism Financing Actions by Argentina and Its Financial Intelligence Unit
“Yesterday, Argentina’s Unidad de Informaciὀn Financiera de la República Argentina (UIF-AR) took courageous action to freeze assets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization and list them on a public registry pursuant to a new law just instituted by the Marci government of Argentina to…
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Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Director Kennth A. Blanco, delivered in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Spanish)
      Muchas gracias, Mariano, y muchas gracias por la invitación a este evento de hoy. Es un gran honor tener la oportunidad de participar en este foro y de hablar de temas tan importantes, que afectan la vida de millones de personas, no solo de nuestros países sino del mundo…
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Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Director Kennth A. Blanco, delivered in Buenos Aires, Argentina
      Muchas gracias, Mariano, y muchas gracias por la invitacion para estar aqui hoy, es un gran honor tener esta oportunidad de participar en este foro, hablando de temas tan importantes - Temas en lo qual afectan las vidas de milliones de personas - No solo de nuestros paises…
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Updated Advisory on Email Compromise Fraud Schemes Targeting Vulnerable Business Processes