Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering: U.S. Money Laundering Threat Assessment

Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)Anti-Money Laundering

On January 11, 2006, the first U.S. government-wide analysis of money laundering, “U.S. Money Laundering Threat Assessment” (MLTA), published by the Treasury Department, was released. The report is the product of an interagency working group of 16 federal agencies, bureaus, and offices. The purpose of the MLTA is to help policy makers, regulators, and the law-enforcement community better understand the landscape of money laundering in the United States and to support strategic planning efforts to combat that activity.

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