Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act provides the Secretary with a range of options that can be adapted to target specific money laundering and terrorist financing risks most effectively. These options provide the Treasury Department with a powerful and flexible regulatory tool to take actions to protect the U.S. financial system from specific threats.
311 Announcements
- FinCEN Withdraws Section 311 Actions Against Latvia's VEF Banka
- Treasury Identifies Lebanese Canadian Bank Sal as a “Primary Money Laundering Concern”
- Treasury Wields PATRIOT Act Powers to Isolate Two Latvian Banks
- Fact Sheet Regarding the Treasury Department’s Use of Sanctions Authorized Under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT ACT
- Treasury Department Rescinds Ukraine’s Designation as a Primary Money Laundering Concern
- Treasury Employs USA PATRIOT Act Authorities to Designate Two Foreign Banks as "Primary Money Laundering Concerns"
- Treasury Department Announces Proposed Anti-Money Laundering Countermeasure Against Nauru
- Treasury Designates Commercial Bank of Syria as Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern
- Treasury Department Designates Burma and Two Burmese Banks to be of “Primary Money Laundering Concern” and Announces Proposed Countermeasures
- Revocation of Designation of Ukraine as Primary Money Laundering Concern
Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs)
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Lebanese Canadian Bank Sal
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Imposition of Special Measures Against the Country of Nauru
- Treasury Department Designates Burma and Two Burmese Banks to be of “Primary Money Laundering Concern” and Announces Proposed Countermeasures
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Customer Identification Programs for Certain Banks (Credit Unions, Private Banks and Trust Companies) That do not Have a Federal Functional Regulator
- Customer Identification Programs for Banks, Savings Associations, and Credit Unions
- Counter Money Laundering Requirements ? Correspondent Accounts for Foreign Shell Banks; Recordkeeping and Termination of Correspondent Accounts for Foreign Banks.
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Due Diligence Anti-Money Laundering Programs for Certain Foreign Accounts
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations--Imposition of Special Measure Against Infobank as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations--Imposition of Special Measure Against First Merchant Bank OSH Ltd, Including Its Subsidiaries, FMB Finance Ltd, First Merchant International Inc., First Merchant Finance Ltd, and First Merchant Trust Ltd, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern