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White House Proposes Modest Funding Adjustments for Financial Crime Agencies

By Colby Adams

CORRECTION APPENDED: Several Treasury Department agencies tasked with fighting money laundering and other financial crimes would see modest budget increases in a White House plan disclosed Monday. Under its 2016 budgetary proposal, the Obama administration would allocate $17.2 billion to the department overall, but cut $4 million from the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence's $113 million budget for this fiscal year. The U.S. financial intelligence unit, known as FinCEN, would see an increase of $1 million to its current $112 million in appropriations. The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigations division could enjoy the largest annual funding bump, from $602...

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