US PATRIOT Act Flashcards
Full form and who enatcted the law
US Congress enacted the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act
what is Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act
increas-
ing the strength of US measures to prevent, detect, and prosecute international money laundering
and the financing of terrorism, to provide a national mandate for subjecting to special scrutiny
foreign jurisdictions, financial institutions operating outside the United States, and classes of inter-
national transactions or types of accounts that pose particular opportunities for criminal abuse, and
to ensure that all appropriate elements of the financial services industry are subject to appropriate
requirements to report potential money laundering transactions to proper authorities
USA PATRIOT Act has implications on
US institutions and non-US
institutions that do business in the United States.
What else (Only Review)
October 2001
Code 31 Federal Regulation Chapter X.