Government Acronyms

Gregory J. Cook, EA, CPA+ Accredited Tax Advisor Past President Alabama Society of Enrolled Agents Past President Alabama Association of Accountants

AFMLS Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Department of Justice

ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury

BJA Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice

CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission

DEA Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice

EOUSA Executive Office of United States Attorneys, Department of Justice

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice

FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Fed Federal Reserve Board

FinCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury

HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

HIFCA High Intensity Money Laundering and Related Financial Crime Area

INL Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of
State

IRS-CI Internal Revenue Service -- Criminal Investigations, Department of the Treasury

MLCC Money Laundering Coordination Center, U.S. Customs Service, Department of
the Treasury

NCUA National Credit Union Administration

OCC Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury

OCDETF Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force

OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury

OJP Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice

ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy

OTS Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission

SOD Special Operations Division, Department of Justice

USPIS United States Postal Inspection Service



U.S. Statutes, Laws and Reports
BSA Bank Secrecy Act

IEEPA International Emergency Economic Powers Act

INCSR International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

MLCA Money Laundering Control Act of 1986

MLSA Money Laundering Suppression Act of 1994



International Organizations and Related Terms
APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

APG Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering

CHFI Committee on Hemispheric Financial Issues

FATF Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering

FIU financial intelligence unit

FSF Financial Stability Forum

GCC Gulf Cooperation Council

ILEA International Law Enforcement Academy

IFI international financial institution

IMF International Monetary Fund

NCCTs non-cooperative countries or territories

OAS Organization of American States

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OFC offshore financial center

OGBS Offshore Group of Banking Supervisor



General Terminology
BMPE Black Market Peso Exchange

GTO Geographic Targeting Order

MOU memorandum of understanding

MSB money services business



BSA Forms
CMIR Report of International Transportation of Currency or Monetary Instruments

CTR Currency Transaction Report

FBAR Foreign Bank Account Report

SAR Suspicious Activity Report

SARC Suspicious Activity Report for Casinos

SAR-S Suspicious Activity Report for Securities Brokers and Dealers