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The Bank Secrecy Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1970 to detect and prevent money laundering within financial institutions. The BSA requires financial institutions to keep records and provide documentation to authorities for single transactions of more than $10,000 and report other suspicious account activity that could signify money laundering or other financial crimes. less -

FinCEN Geographic Targeting Order Imposes Additional Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/14/2025

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

The Challenge of Transparency in Preventing Financial Crime: Navigating Financial Integrity in a Changing Risk Landscape

K2 Integrity on 12/20/2023

The landscape of financial crimes is constantly evolving, and the concept of transparency is being fundamentally challenged. A dynamic, innovative approach is imperative to preserve and shape the future of financial...more

FinCEN offers suspicious activity reporting guidance for human smuggling along U.S.- Mexico border

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/20/2023

On January 13, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert advising financial institutions on how to detect and report suspicious financial activity that may be related to human smuggling along the...more

Responding to the Increased Global Risk of Financial Crimes

Ankura on 8/12/2022

Ankura's Nova O sits down with Mark McGrath, Ayana Murphy, and Elif Cinar to discuss the current anti-money laundering (AML) landscape in the latest Q&A with our Ankura experts. Learn more about responding to the increased...more

FinCEN Sets Out Anti-Money Laundering Priorities, With Implementing Regulations To Follow

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/22/2021

On June 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued its first government-wide priorities (Priorities) for combatting money laundering and the financing of terrorism.1...more

FinCEN Publishes No-Action Letter Analysis and AML/CFT National Priorities

WilmerHale on 7/15/2021

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has continued a spate of regulatory activity related to financial crimes compliance matters in the first year of the Biden Administration, recapped in its recent report...more

New FinCEN Anti-Money Laundering Priorities

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/13/2021

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) remains committed to combating money laundering, in all forms, in connection with the banking and financial systems. To this end, on June 30, 2021, FinCEN issued new...more

FinCEN Issues Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Priorities

King & Spalding on 7/8/2021

FinCEN announces eight areas of focus and advises preparation for issuance of new regulations - On June 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued the first...more

Legislative Reform Will Reinvent the US Anti-Money Laundering Regulatory Landscape

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/6/2021

New federal requirements in the annual national defense budget reauthorization effectively will end anonymous U.S. shell companies by requiring businesses to disclose 25 percent owners and control persons to a newly created...more

FinCEN Issues Advisory on Human Trafficking

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/22/2020

Advisory Suggests that COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbates Conditions Contributing to Trafficking - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) recently issued an Advisory on Identifying and Reporting Human Trafficking and...more

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