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	Treasury Designates Two Individuals Associated with Al Qaeda
	By AM Henry, 21-DEC-04 The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the designation of two individuals for providing financial and material support to al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden.

	Treasury Designates Individual from Abu Sayaf Group
	By AM Henry, 16-DEC-04 The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Khadafi Abubakar Janjalani for acting on behalf of the Abu Sayaf Group (ASG).

	Treasury Designates Individuals of Bosnia
	By AM Henry, 16-DEC-04 The U.S. Department of the Treasury under Operation Balkan Vice V designated six individuals and three entities for blocking the implementation of the Peace Accords in Bosnia.

	OTS Announces 31 CRA Exams Scheduled for 2005
	By AM Henry, 15-DEC-04 OTS announced that 31 savings associations were scheduled to be examined for Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) compliance in Q1 of 2005.

	Treasury Designates Cuban Online Travel Agency
	By AM Henry, 8-DEC-04 The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated the travel agency, Tour & Marketing International Ltd. as a national of Cuba.

	FinCEN Releases Guidance to MSBs on AML Rules
	By AM Henry, 8-DEC-04 FinCEN released interpretative guidance specifying that a Money Services Business (MSB) must establish anti-money laundering (AML) rules regarding its relationship with foreign agents and counterparts.

	FinCEN Releases Revised Guidance on SARs
	By Am Henry, 1-DEC-04 FinCEN released interpretative guidance specifying that in certain circumstances financial institutions may avoid duplicative reporting of SARs to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and FinCEN.

	OTS Issues Financial Records and Reports Examination Handbook
	By AM Henry, 30-NOV-04 The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) issued a new handbook, Financial Record and Reports Examination Handbook.

	OTS Issues Ratings Examination Handbook
	By AM Henry, 30-NOV-04 The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) issued a new handbook, Ratings: Developing, Assigning and Presenting Examination Handbook.

	OTS Issues Management Assessment Examination Handbook
	By AM Henry, 30-NOV-04 The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) issued a new handbook, Management Assessment Examination Handbook.

	OTS Issues Examination Handbook
	By AM Henry, 30-NOV-04 The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) issued a new handbook, Examination Handbook.

	OTS Issues Exam Scheduling, Scoping and Management Handbook
	By AM Henry, 30-NOV-04 The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) issued a new handbook, Exam Scheduling, Scoping and Management Handbook.

	OTS Issues Oversight by the Board of Directors Examination Handbook
	By AM Henry, 30-NOV-04 The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) issued a new handbook, Oversight by the Board of Directors Examination Handbook.

	Treasury Designates 23 Colombian Entities
	By AM Henry, 17-NOV-04 OFAC announced that it has added (7) businesses and (16) individuals to its list of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs), which were acting as fronts for Colombian drug lords.

	Treasury Issues Licensing Requirements for Columbian Businesses
	By AM Henry, 16-NOV-04 OFAC announced that it has adopted a policy to issue licenses that would authorize certain transactions between U.S. entities and three Colombian government controlled entities.

	Treasury Designates Peruvian Airline
	By AM Henry, 10-NOV-04 OFAC designated Aero Continente, a passenger and cargo airline in Lima Peru under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act).

	Terrorist Financing—A Far Reaching Battle
	By AM Henry, 23-AUG-04 The fight against terrorist financing is one that transcends borders and calls for a dedicated international effort—this was the core message of the undersecretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence.

	Al Qaeda Training Manual Available
	By AM Henry, 10-MAY-00 This document, reportedly an al Qaeda training manual, was recovered by the England, Manchester Metropolitan police while conducting a search of an al Qaeda member’s home on 10-May-2000.

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