1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated January 4, 2022U.S. Efforts to Combat Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Other Illicit Financial Threats: An Overview The United States maintains a multifaceted policy regime for tackling anti-money laundering (AML), combating the financing of terroris
2、m (CFT), and countering illicit financial threats. Key issues for the 117th Congress may include oversight of the U.S. governments legal, regulatory, enforcement, and diplomatic AML/CFT effortwith special focus on the Biden Administrations implementation of significant changes to the AML/CFT regime
3、enacted as part of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act FY2021 (NDAA; P.L. 116-283). Background Misuse of the international financial system, including for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing, can result in significant economic, political, and secur
4、ity consequences at both national and international levels. Money laundering, which broadly refers to the process of disguising financial assets so they can be used without revealing their underlying illicit source or nature (e.g., proceeds of fraud, corruption, and contraband trafficking), is globa
