Trafficking and money laundering : strategies used by criminal groups and terrorists and federal efforts to combat them : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Contributor:

Clements, Michael E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money laundering--United States--Prevention.

Money laundering.

Terrorism--United States--Finance--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Transnational crime--United States--Finance--Prevention.

Transnational crime.

Interagency coordination--United States.

Interagency coordination.

Money laundering--Prevention.

Terrorism--Finance--Prevention.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 49 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2021.

Summary:

FinCEN identified trafficking activity of transnational criminal organizations and terrorist groups as among the most significant illicit finance threats facing the United States in its 2021 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism National Priorities. Among its objectives, this report describes what is known about the money laundering strategies of transnational criminal organizations and terrorists and information-sharing efforts among federal agencies to combat trafficking.

Contents:

Background.

Traffickers consider multiple factors in determining their strategies according to federal agencies and others.

Federal agencies and others identified money laundering strategies used by criminal groups and terrorists.

Federal agencies and financial institution use several collaboration mechanisms in efforts to combat trafficking.

Agency comments.

Appendices.

Notes:

"December 2021."

"GAO-22-104807."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover page (GAO, viewed December 27, 2021).

OCLC:

1290168814