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       美国金融犯罪执法局（FinCEN）将建立信息分享平台FinCEN Exchange，让执法机构与金融机构通过互享信息，共同参与打击洗钱等金融犯罪。

       原文翻译：

       FinCEN寻求加强公私合作打击金融犯罪

       华盛顿——美国财政部金融犯罪执法网络（FinCEN）今天启动了FinCEN Exchange计划，以加强与金融机构的信息共享。作为该计划的一部分，FinCEN将与金融机构密切配合，定期与金融机构互通有无，交流有关涉及高度金融威胁的信息，包括有针对性的信息以及更广泛的内容。这将使金融机构能够更好地识别风险，并将重点放在规避这些风险上，更有助于FinCEN和金融机构获得关键信息，以支持双方打击洗钱等金融犯罪。

       恐怖主义和金融情报部门副部长Sigal P. Mandelker表示：“强大的公私合作伙伴关系和双向信息共享是我们努力打击复杂的洗钱手段和我们今天面临的不断演变的威胁的重要组成部分。” FinCEN Exchange将汇集来自各地的执法机构，FinCEN和各类金融机构分享信息，帮助识别漏洞，破坏恐怖主义融资，扩散融资以及其他金融犯罪。

       私人机构参与FinCEN Exchange是完全自愿的，且该计划不会引入新的监管要求。它不能取代或以其他方式影响执法机构与金融业直接接触的现有机制。这是财政部更广泛的目标的一部分，即通过扶持来加强反洗钱框架，并鼓励更多的正规行业侧重于高价值和高影响力的活动。

       关于FinCEN Exchange的其他信息

       执法部门依靠金融行业通过可疑活动报告（SAR）和货币交易报告（CTR）等机制来发布重要数据，以打击金融犯罪。政府反过来向私营部门提供反馈，包括通过FinCEN公告，SAR统计，简报等形式来指导和鼓励行业做出努力

       自2015年以来，FinCEN已经在五个城市，超过40个金融机构和多个执法机构发表了十几分专题报告。在这些专题报告中，FinCEN与执法机构密切合作，根据美国“爱国法案”第314（a）条的规定提出与调查相关金融类型有关的请求。金融机构在这些介绍会上通过SARs提供的信息已经帮助公共部门定位和捣毁了全球范围内多起军火交易、跨国洗钱、贩卖人口、走私集团腐败以及通过非法贸易进行的洗钱网络等金融犯罪团伙。而报告本身对金融机构来说，也帮助他们专注于优先级更高的事项并更好的规避风险。

       FinCEN Exchange将在取得现有成绩的基础上，通过在全国范围内与执法机构、FinCEN、金融机构定期发表更多的有关非法资金和国家安全威胁的专题报告，在法律的强制下，FinCEN将对金融机构进行各个维度的审查，包括其是否拥有某一特定的资质。尽管每个专题报告的框架不尽相同，但无论是通过美国“爱国法案”第314（a）条或者其他政府部分提供的信息，都将包括旨在支持调查特定金融犯罪或者更广泛的金融类型。在收到FinCEN最近的简报信息后，金融机构将可以更好地将敏感信息纳入SARs。

       FinCEN鼓励金融机构根据美国“爱国法案”第314（b）条，酌情与其他FinCEN Exchange参与者以及其他金融机构或金融机构协会共享信息。

       原文：

       FinCEN Seeksto Strengthen Public-Private Partnership to Combat Financial Crime

       WASHINGTON — The United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial CrimesEnforcement Network (FinCEN) launched the FinCEN Exchange program today toenhance  information sharing with financial institutions.  As part ofthis program, FinCEN, in close coordination with law enforcement, will conveneregular briefings with financial institutions to exchange information onpriority illicit finance threats, including targeted information and broadertypologies.  This will enable financial institutions to better identifyrisks and focus on high priority issues, and will help FinCEN and lawenforcement receive critical information in support of their efforts to disruptmoney laundering and other financial crimes.

       “Strong public-private partnerships and two-way information sharing is acrucial component of our efforts to combat the sophisticated money launderingmethods and evolving threats we face today,” said Sigal P. Mandelker, TreasuryUnder Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.  “FinCEN Exchangewill bring together law enforcement, FinCEN, and different types of financialinstitutions from across the country to share information that can helpidentify vulnerabilities and disrupt terrorist financing, proliferationfinancing and other financial crimes.”

       Private sector participation in FinCEN Exchange is strictly voluntary, and theprogram does not introduce any new regulatory requirements.  It also doesnot replace or otherwise affect existing mechanisms by which law enforcementengages directly with the financial industry.  It is part of Treasury’sbroader objective of strengthening the anti-money laundering framework byencouraging, enabling, and acknowledging more regular industry focus onhigh-value and high-impact activities.  Operational briefings under theFinCEN Exchange program will begin in the coming weeks.

       Additional Information about FinCEN Exchange 

       Law enforcement relies on the financial industry to report important data tofight financial crime through mechanisms such as Suspicious Activity Reports(SARs) and Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs).  The government, in turn,provides feedback to the private sector, including through FinCEN Advisories,SAR Statistics, briefings, and other forms of information to guide and encourageindustry efforts. 

       Since 2015, FinCEN has convened over a dozen special briefings in five citieswith over 40 financial institutions and multiple law enforcementagencies.  In connection with these briefings, FinCEN, working closelywith law enforcement, issues requests pursuant to Section 314(a) of the USAPATRIOT Act related to investigations and provides associated financialtypologies.  Information provided after the briefings by financialinstitutions through SARs has helped the public sector map out and targetweapons proliferators, sophisticated global money laundering operations, humantrafficking and smuggling rings, corruption and trade-based money launderingnetworks, among other illicit actors.  The briefings also have proveduseful to financial institutions, helping them focus on specific priorities andbetter identify risks. 

       FinCEN Exchange will build on the success of these efforts by convening moreregularly scheduled and as-needed operational briefings across the nation withlaw enforcement, FinCEN, and financial institutions to exchange information onpriority illicit finance and national security threats.  In consultationwith law enforcement, FinCEN will invite financial institutions to participatebased on a variety of factors, including whether they may possess informationrelevant to a particular topic.  While the contours of each briefing willvary, the information shared, whether through Section 314(a) of the USA PATRIOTAct or other authorities, will often include information intended to supportspecific lines of investigation or broader typologies related toa particular illicit finance threat.  After receiving information ata FinCEN Exchange operational briefing, financial institutions will be betterequipped to incorporate responsive information into SARs. 

       FinCEN encourages financial institutions to voluntarily share, as appropriate,information with other FinCEN Exchange participants as well as other financialinstitutions or associations of financial institutions pursuant to Section314(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act. 

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