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        Thank you, Rick, for the introduction, and on behalf of FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco and the other 290 staff at FinCEN, I want to thank you again for making FinCEN a part of MTRA’s annual conference. I am going to try and keep my remarks brief today to allow…
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WASHINGTON—FinCEN welcomed AnnaLou Tirol today as its new Associate Director to lead its Liaison Division.  This division designs and implements strategic partnerships across the financial industry, with partners in the U.S. government, and with foreign counterparts.  It conducts…
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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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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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    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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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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“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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      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…