What is the FinCEN banking scandal?

What is the FinCEN banking scandal?

Inside the skullduggery, corporate greed and gargantuan sums at the heart of high level money laundering

Words: Tom Ward

In the largest exposé on the financial system since 2016’s Panama Papers leak, Buzzfeed News has obtained over 2,500 documents revealing the extent of corruption in the global banking system. Known as the ‘FinCEN Files’, the 2,657 documents include 2,121 suspicious activity reports, which banks send to authorities in order to raise concerns about just where some of their clients’ money might be coming from.

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