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FinCEN Issues Final Rule Expanding Section 314(a) Requests/Foreign Law Enforcement
On February 5, 2010, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a Final Rule that significantly expands the information sharing program of Section 314(a) of the USA Patriot Act and allows certain foreign law enforcement agencies as well as State and local law enforcement agencies (investigating terrorist activities or money laundering) to request that FinCEN solicit on their behalf information from U.S. financial institutions.