Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing:
Anti-Terrorist Financing

           Reporting Terrorist Activity - The OCC encourages national banks to cooperate with law enforcement in the investigation of terrorist activity in the United States.

• FinCEN Hotline - The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) operates the Financial Institutions Hotline at 1-866-556-3974 for financial institutions to voluntarily report to law enforcement suspicious transactions that may relate to recent terrorist activity against the United States. The purpose of the hotline is to facilitate the immediate transmittal of this information to law enforcement and it will be operational 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

• OFAC Hotline - Information pertaining to the Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals List, or questions concerning the financial institution's compliance with OFAC regulations, should be directed to OFAC at hotline at 1-800-540-6322.
  • OFAC List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons

           OCC BankNet - The OCC's secure BankNet web-site provides access to authorized national bank users to various information on potential terrorist activity that the FBI or other law enforcement agencies may issue. Access and use of BankNet can be found at: http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/alert/2002-11.txt

Additional Guidance