January 2004

Good Afternoon. I am very pleased to have this opportunity to participate in the discussion today relating to the USA PATRIOT Act. I’d like to thank your Executive Director Richard Whiting for inviting me. Your organization and its members are an important and valued part of the FinCEN network, which spans the law enforcement, regulatory and financial communities. Without our on-going dialogue with the financial services industry and particularly groups like this, FinCEN could not have fulfilled the responsibilities imposed by the various provisions of Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act.