FinCEN Announces Law Enforcement Awards
FinCEN presented its first-ever Law Enforcement Awards in recognition of law enforcement agencies' achievements in combating threats to the integrity of the financial system. The award recipients included:
- SAR Review/Task Force: The Boston Police Department
- Third-Party Money Launderers: Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"), New York/El Borado Task Force
- Transactional Organized Crime: Los Angeles High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area ("HIDTA"), Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency and HSI
- Cyber Threats: HSI, New York
- Significant Fraud: U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service; and
- Transactional Security Threats: United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida.