The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on March 11, 2025, issued a Geographic Targeting Order (the Southwest GTO) as part of a "whole-of-government approach" to leverage all...more
3/14/2025
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Bank Secrecy Act ,
BSA/AML ,
Cartels ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Geographic Targeting Order ,
Human Trafficking ,
Money Laundering ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
U.S. President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14157 (the EO) on Jan. 20, 2025, calling for the designation of drug cartels and other foreign organizations as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) or specially designated...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on June 28, 2024, announced a proposed rule to "strengthen and modernize financial institutions' anti-money laundering and countering the...more
7/15/2024
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
Board of Directors ,
Compliance ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
Oversight Committee ,
Proposed Rules ,
Risk Assessment ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Terrorism Funding