The Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) has re-rated the U.S. as “largely compliant” with FATF’s Recommendation 24, which pertains to transparency related to beneficial ownership of legal persons. Specifically, FATF...more
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the federal banking agencies (Agencies)1 issued a joint statement on August 21, 2020, regarding Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (AML) regulatory requirements for...more
Regulators’ Joint Statement Attempts to Clarify AML Expectations Regarding Potential Corrupt Actors - On August 21, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and other banking regulators –...more
On May, 2020, the FATF published new money laundering and terrorist financing threats and vulnerabilities arising from the COVID-19 crisis. The document highlights how fraud, cybercrime, misdirection of government funding...more
The FATF (FATF) is an inter-governmental body with 38 members that sets standards and promotes the implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and threats...more
2016 was a busy year for developments in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the criminal money laundering statutes, forfeiture, and related issues. In part one of our year-in-review, we discuss six key...more