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Navigating FinCEN’s Actions on Huione Group: Strengthening Defenses Against Money Laundering

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On May 1, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the Huione Group, a foreign financial institution located in Cambodia. This proposal, enacted under...more

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FinCEN Withdraws Designation of ABLV Bank as Foreign Financial Institution “Of Primary Money Laundering Concern”

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A Gesture Providing Limited Solace to a Now-Defunct Bank - Six years ago, in early 2018, we blogged about the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (“FinCEN’s”) designation of ABLV Bank, AS...more

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U.S. government announces enhanced due diligence process for humanitarian trade with Iran and identifies Iran as a jurisdiction of...

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On 25 October the U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State announced the establishment of a new channel for conducting due diligence on humanitarian trade with Iran. Foreign governments and foreign financial institutions...more

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FinCEN Identifies Iran as a Jurisdiction of Primary Money Laundering Concern

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On October 25, 2019, FinCEN issued a final rule imposing the Fifth Special Measure against the Islamic Republic of Iran as a “jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern” (“Final Rule”) under Section 311 of the USA...more

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2016 Year End Review: Banking Regulators Try to Ease Concerns Over Aggressive AML/BSA Enforcement

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On August 30, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and four U.S. federal banking regulators sought to correct a problem—at least in part one of their own creation—by issuing a “Joint Fact Sheet on Foreign Correspondent...more

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