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Update Software Services
Governmental regulation information for company
owners, officials and association leaders.
Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
mission statement.
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
mission statement.
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The
National Money Laundering Strategy continues to expand the
framework for identifying, disrupting, and dismantling global terrorist
financing and money laundering operations. Appendix H covers interesting
'Prevention, Investigation, and Prosecution' scenarios. |
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The U.S. Treasury is now publicizing USA Patriot Act and Sanction Law
offenders to help companies who are not complying avoid large
fines and negative publicity. While individuals are prosecuted for
violations, they are grouped together with other like violators for publication
and individual names are not used. Of course the individuals still
suffer the impact of the fines and jail terms. Companies however, are
internationally and permanently displayed by Name, Address, Offense, and Fine
amount. The U.S. Treasury is telling us in no uncertain terms that
when you violate the law, you will be punished publicly. |
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Newly
designated business classes had until October, 2003 to
establish operational procedures that include checking customer names
against the U.S. Treasury's listing of terrorists, narcotics traffickers, and
others as maintained by the
Office of
Foreign
Assets
Control. Businesses
should be guarding against money laundering and the financing of terrorism by
taking basic steps to identify customers through adequate customer
identification procedures (CIP). Checking your 'customer' name against
the current OFAC Specially Designated Nationals listing is one of the first
steps in identifying your customer. |
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USA Patriot Act See
page 119 lines 8-24. Section C refers to the SDN listing. |
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