Notice of Finding That Banca Privada d'Andorra Is a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), Treasury. ACTION: Notice of Finding. SUMMARY: This document provides notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in the USA PATRIOT Act, the Director of FinCEN found on March 6, 2015 that reasonable grounds exist for concluding that Banca Privada d'Andorra (“BPA”) is a financial institution operating outside of the United States of primary money laundering concern. DATES: The finding referred to in this notice was effective as March 6, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FinCEN, (800) 949-2732. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Statutory Provisions On October 26, 2001, the President signed into law the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (the “USA PATRIOT Act”), Public Law 107-56 . Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act amends the anti-money laundering provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”), codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b , 12 U.S.C. 1951-1959 , and 31 U.S.C. 5311-5314 , 5316-5332 , to promote the prevention, detection, and prosecution of international money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Regulations implementing the BSA appear at 31 CFR Chapter X . Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (“Section 311”), codified at 31 U.S.C. 5318A , grants the Secretary of the Treasury (“the Secretary”) the authority, upon finding that reasonable …