Fentanyl in North America, FinCEN on CIP, OCC, and FATF on VASPs
In this episode of This Week in AML, Elliot Berman is joined by Joe McNamara to unpack efforts across North America to combat fentanyl trafficking—including Treasury’s designation of Mexican financial institutions and Canada’s new FinTRAC intelligence unit, FATF’s latest update on virtual assets and VASPs, he OCC’s report on key risks in the federal banking system, FinCEN’s change on TIN collection under the CIP rule, and other issues affecting the financial crime prevention community.