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Politically exposed persons (PEPs)

Capital flight risk

Anti-bribery and corruption risk

Tax evasion

remote verification of identity by third-party program managers

heavy usage by senior political figures.

heightened risks of returned transactions.

informal networks used for cross-border transactions outside of the formal banking system

difficulty in tracking the originator recipient, and source of transactions.

Oversight of the Financial Intelligence Units in FATF Member countries

Providing a unique platform for information exchange regarding anti-money laundering efforts

Regulation of financial markets through directives and executive orders

Enhancement of international cooperation to foster anti-money laundering efforts via recommendations and guidance

Allows the appropriate federal banking agency to require a financial organization to produce, within 120 hours, records or information related to the organization's AML compliance or related to a customer of the organization or any account opened, maintained, administered, or managed in the U.S. by the financial organization.

Provides the U.S. Department of Treasury with the authority to apply graduated, proportionate measures against a foreign jurisdiction, foreign financial organization, type of international transaction, or type of account.

Permits the U.S. Government to seize funds from a correspondent bank account in the U.S. that has been opened and maintained for a foreign bank in the same amount as has been deposited with the foreign bank.

Requires due diligence, and in certain situations enhanced due diligence (EDD), for foreign correspondent accounts, which includes virtually all account relationships that organizations can have with a foreign financial organization and private banking for non-citizens of the U.S.