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Midweek Roundup: Feds Consider Mediator for Enforcement Disputes, U.S. Blacklists Boko Haram, and More
printThe U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has floated a proposal to launch an ombudsman's office to adjudicate disputes between federal regulators and the banks they oversee, Reuters reported. The bureau discussed the idea, which hasn't been formally proposed, during a meeting with representatives of a Bank Secrecy Act compliance industry advisory group. More The U.S. State Department added Boko Haram and its splinter faction, Ansaru, to its Foreign Terrorist Organizations list. The groups are responsible for the deaths of thousands of Nigerians and for the 2011 bombing of a United Nations building in Abuja. More ACAMS Moneylaundering.com reported...
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