Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) provide a valuable tool for regulatory agen-cies and law enforcement seeking to isolate specific instances of potential criminal activity for further investigation and to identify emerging money laundering and terrorism financing trends. These efforts involve government agencies at the Fed-eral, state, and local levels that are authorized by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to access data derived from SARs.

StakeholdersThe Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) seeks to enhance U.S. national security and to make the financial system increasingly resistant to abuse by money launderers, terrorists and their financial supporters, and other perpetrators of crime. In pursuit of these aims, Fin-CEN relies on the expertise of a small but growing staff-now just over 300 employees-as well as on a broad range of collaborative partnerships.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is a bureau within the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. FinCEN plays two key roles in U.S. efforts to keep the world's financial systems accessible to legitimate users while detecting and deterring those who wish to exploit these systems for illegal purposes.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) s a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Director of FinCEN reports to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), one of three Under Secretaries within the Treasury Department.

FinCEN is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Director of FinCEN is appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury and reports to the Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. FinCEN's mission is to enhance U.S. national security, deter and detect criminal activity, and safeguard financial systems from abuse by promoting transparency in the U.S. and international financial systems.

FinCEN is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Director of FinCEN is appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury and reports to the Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. FinCEN's mission is to enhance U.S. national security, deter and detect criminal activity, and safeguard financial systems from abuse by promoting transparency in the U.S. and international financial systems.

In 2009, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) continued to make important contributions to the nation's fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, tax evasion, waste and abuse in government programs, and other illicit financial activity. The common elements are criminal profit motives and the need to conceal the movement of money. By following the money, we can deter and detect criminals. We continue to build upon previous success as more Federal, State, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies are leveraging the resources that FinCEN provides to...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is engaged in a variety of initiatives to ensure that our mission as administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) is carried out in the most efficient and effective manner possible. This outreach will also assist in FinCEN's ongoing work with the financial industry as financial institutions strive to comply with their responsibility to report certain financial information and suspicious activities to FinCEN, as well as our responsibility to ensure this useful information is made available to law enforcement, as appropriate. In furtherance of...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is engaged in a variety of initiatives to ensure that the regulatory component of our mission as administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) is carried out in the most efficient and effective manner possible. FinCEN is unique among the Federal banking regulators, as we do not directly examine for compliance and, therefore, do not have the same kind of day-to-day interaction as do other regulators with the financial institutions that fall under our purview. This outreach thus provides additional insights to assist in FinCEN's ongoing work with...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is engaged in a variety of initiatives to ensure that our mission as administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) is carried out in the most efficient and effective manner possible. In furtherance of these goals, FinCEN initiated an outreach effort in 2009 to money services businesses (MSBs), as part of a broader, ongoing effort to meet with representatives from a variety of industries that fall under BSA regulatory requirements. This outreach also assists in FinCEN's ongoing work with the financial industry as financial institutions strive to...