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Article: Investigations of Terrorist Financing, Money Laundering, and Other Financial Crimes.
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- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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GAO-04-464R February 20, 2004
After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, federal efforts to wage a seamless, coordinated campaign against sources of terrorist financing became critically important. In May 2003, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security signed a Memorandum of Agreement (Agreement) concerning terrorist financing investigations, which contained a number of provisions designed to resolve jurisdictional issues and enhance interagency coordination. The Agreement and its related procedures specified that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was to have the lead role in investigating terrorist financing and that the U.S. ...