USA FEATURE
March 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
THE EXTRAORDINARY efforts by the American government to thwart terrorist financing have been leaning heavily on the USA's financial services industry,
which continues to bear the brunt of the new anti-money laundering legislation.
Noone was surprised that the US government set its sights on the banks when it enacted legislation to make it more difficult for criminals to launder their illicit money or for terrorists to soil their clean money. But while the financial industry lobbies have been pledging allegiance to stop terrorist financing, they ...
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