2005 Money Laundering Threat Assessment

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction i

Banking .. 1

Money Services Businesses . 7

Money Transmitters 11

Check Cashers . 14

Currency Exchangers 15

Money Orders 17

Stored Value Cards . 20

Online Payment Systems .. 25

Informal Value Transfer Systems 29

Bulk Cash Smuggling . 33

Trade-Based Money Laundering . 41

Insurance Companies 45

Shell Companies And Trusts . 47

Casinos .. 51

Appendices

(A) NDIC Analysis .. 57

(B) FinCEN Analysis . 59

(C) Bank Secrecy Act Reports 69

(D) Status of BSA Regulations for Financial Institutions .. 71