AML Perspectives – United States

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) completed an assessment of the implementation of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards in the United States (US) in June 2006 (see Mutual Evaluation of the US). Additional information and guidance is available from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the public accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the March 2007 article Suspicious Activity Reporting: Regulatory Change and the Role of Accountants.