Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Terrorist Financing

Countering the financing of terrorism remains a top priority of the U.S. government. Financial institutions are obliged to identify terrorists and terrorist organizations included on sanctions lists and report potential violations of law in terrorist financing transactions. Access this video, provided by John Geiringer, Partner at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP and Co-Director of the Center for National Security and Human Rights Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, for a comprehensive overview of money laundering and terrorist financing, and how they are both addressed by the U.S. government and the financial industry through applicable anti-money laundering (AML) or countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) requirements.  

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