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Highlights
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA 2020) is the most consequential anti-money laundering legislation passed by Congress in decades.
Among its many provisions, AMLA 2020 provides for 1) expanded whistleblower rewards and protections, 2) the establishment of a beneficial ownership registration database that will be implemented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), 3) new Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) violations and enhanced BSA penalties for repeat and egregious violators and 4) expanded subpoena power.
In addition, AMLA 2020 amended the law to mandate that the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay an award to whistleblowers whose information leads to successful enforcement of anti-money laundering laws, but the statute does not provide a reward floor, meaning whistleblowers may walk away with only a nominal award.
The Treasury Department Should Lead the Fight Against Corruption and Kleptocracy Getty/Robert Alexander
A statue of Albert Gallatin, a former U.S. secretary of the Treasury, stands in front of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C., April 2018.
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Introduction and summary
The United States today faces a pressing threat to its national interests: the strategic use of corruption by autocratic and kleptocratic states to undermine the integrity of democratic institutions and interfere in the politics of democratic states for geopolitical advantage. Such strategic corruption is not a new phenomenon, but it has become more acute and sophisticated with the rise of offshore financial centers and the growing assertiveness of authoritarian competitors in using nontraditional means of projecting power and wielding influence. In recent years, strategic corruption has been deployed more systematically and with greater success against the United States and its democratic partne