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Overview from FinCEN Files
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Watch: How banks move dirty money around the world
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What is the FinCEN Files investigation?
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Global banks defy U.S. crackdowns by serving oligarchs, criminals and terrorists
The FinCEN Files show trillions in tainted dollars flow freely through major banks, swamping a broken enforcement system.
Sep 20, 2020
Explore the FinCEN Files data
Explore the confidential data at the heart of the FinCEN Files.
Sep 20, 2020
Confidential Clients
These are the people zipping money across the world thanks to the global banking system.
Sep 20, 2020
Watch: How banks move dirty money around the world
The FinCEN Files investigation reveals the role of global banks in industrial-scale money laundering.
Sep 20, 2020
Suspicious activity reports, explained
Thousands of financial institution employees flagging transactions that somehow don’t look right are the world’s first line of defense against money laundering.
Sep 20, 2020
What is the FinCEN Files investigation?
What is a SAR? Is this like the Panama Papers? Why should I care about the FinCEN Files? And more frequently asked questions about this investigation.
Sep 19, 2020
About the FinCEN Files investigation
An ICIJ investigation reveals the role of global banks in industrial-scale money laundering — and the bloodshed and suffering that flow in its wake.