May 2016

Since the Bureau’s establishment in 1990, FinCEN has played a significant role in the U.S. Government’s efforts to combat transnational organized crime. FinCEN carries out its mission by providing investigative support to law enforcement, intelligence, and regulatory agencies, cooperating globally with counterpart financial intelligence units (FIUs), and using its regulatory authorities to make it more difficult for organized criminal groups to move money through the financial system.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental policymaking body whose purpose is to establish international standards, and to develop and promote policies, both at national and international levels, to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. It was formed in 1989 to set out measures to be taken in the fight against money laundering. Since then, the FATF has issued 40 recommendations to fight money laundering and 9 special recommendations to fight terrorist financing.

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The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) is an international network of FIUs. The Egmont Group is designed to improve communication, information sharing, and training coordination amongst its FIU members. Its goal is to provide a forum for member FIUs to improve support to their respective governments in the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.

The "Regulatory Helpline Hot Topics" provides direct links to useful and accessible information for addressing the most common and important questions that are asked of FinCEN's Regulatory Helpline. The "Hot Topics" are revised regularly to reflect the changing nature of the questions regarding BSA/AML obligations. For more information about the Regulatory Helpline or to seek assistance with your BSA/AML questions, please call 1-800-949-2732 or e-mail FRC@fincen.gov.

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Under the Open Government Directive, each Federal agency must take immediate, specific steps to promote transparency, participation, and collaboration. Below are just a few examples of how FinCEN promotes these principles in its policies, rulemakings, programs, and partnerships with the regulatory and law enforcement communities. Nothing in the Open Government policies or memoranda is inconsistent with, or lessens in any way, FinCEN’s obligations to protect classified and other sensitive information, including, for example, FinCEN data and personally identifiable information.

REMINDER: As of April 1, 2013, financial institutions must use the new FinCEN reports, which are available only electronically through the BSA E-Filing System . FinCEN is no longer accepting legacy reports. For more information, click here.

On November 17, 2009, the Departments of Justice, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the establishment of an interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to strengthen efforts to combat financial crime.