Former FinCEN Director James H. Freis, Jr. Discusses the Intersection between Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption Law (Part One of Two)

One way prosecutors have pursued the FCPA’s broad jurisdictional reach and overcome some of the inherent challenges in corruption cases has been the use of a set of powerful tools – anti-money laundering laws.  The Anti-Corruption Report spoke with the nation’s former top anti-money laundering regulator, James H. Freis, Jr., about a range of issues, including how prosecutors use anti-monetary laundering laws in FCPA cases, how financial regulators are working together across the globe to combat corruption and the corruption challenges facing the gaming industry.  Freis was the director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) from 2007-2012 and is now Counsel at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.  As Director of FinCEN, Freis led the development and enforcement of regulations, fighting not only money laundering and corruption, but terrorist financing, fraud and other financial crimes applicable to a broad range of financial institutions, including banks, securities and futures industry participants and insurance companies.  We are publishing our interview with Freis in two parts.  In the first part, Freis discussed, among other things, what companies should focus on when conducting corruption and anti-money laundering risk assessments and audits; how the DOJ and SEC work with FinCEN on corruption cases; and details regarding the formation, operation and future of the Egmont Group, a 130-member organization of international financial intelligence units.

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