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Central Intelligence Agency | | Leads gathering, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence on foreign terrorist organizations and their financing mechanisms; charged with promoting coordination and information sharing between all intelligence community agencies. |
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Homeland Security | Bureau of Customs and Border Protection | Detects movement of bulk cash across U.S. borders and maintains data about movement of commodities into and out of the United States. |
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| Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE - formerly part of the Treasury's U.S. Customs Service) | Participates in investigations of terrorist financing cases involving U.S. border activities and the movement of trade, currency, or commodities. |
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| U.S. Secret Service | Participates in investigations of terrorist financing cases, including those involving counterfeiting. |
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Justice | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) | Participates in investigations of terrorist financing cases involving alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. |
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| Civil Division | Defends challenges to terrorist designations. |
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| Criminal Division | Develops, coordinates, and prosecutes terrorist financing cases; participates in financial analysis and develops relevant financial tools; promotes international efforts and delivers training to other nations. |
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| Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) | Participates in investigations of terrorist financing cases involving narcotics and other illicit drugs. |
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| Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | Leads all terrorist financing investigations and operations; primary responsibility for collecting foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information within the United States. |
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National Security Council | | Manages the overall interagency framework for combating terrorism. |
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State | Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs | Chairs coalition subgroup of a National Security Council Policy Coordinating Committee, which leads U.S government efforts to develop strategies and activities to obtain international cooperation. |
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| Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs | Implements U.S. technical assistance and training to foreign governments on terrorist financing. |
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| Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism | Coordinates U.S. counterterrorism policy and efforts with foreign governments to deter terrorist financing. |
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Treasury | Executive Office for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime | Develops U.S. strategies and policies to deter terrorist financing, domestically and internationally; develops and implements the National Money Laundering Strategy as well as other policies and programs to prevent financial crimes. |
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| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) | Supports law enforcement investigations to prevent and detect money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crime through use of analytical tools and information-sharing mechanisms; administers the Bank Secrecy Act. |
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| Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation | Participates in investigations of terrorist financing cases with an emphasis on charitable organizations. |
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| IRS Tax Exempt and Government Entities | Administers the eligibility requirements and other IRS tax law that apply to charitable and other organizations that claim exemption from federal income tax. |
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| Office of Foreign Assets Control | Develops and implements U.S. strategies and policies to deter terrorist financing; imposes controls on transactions; and freezes foreign assets under U.S. jurisdiction. |
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| Office of the General Counsel | Chairs Policy Coordination Committee for Terrorist Financing, which coordinates U.S. government efforts to identify and deter terrorist financing; coordinates U.S. government actions regarding implementation of, and imposition of, economic sanctions under Executive Order 13224 with respect to the freezing of terrorist-related assets. |
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| Office of International Affairs | Provides advice, training, and technical assistance to nations on issues including terrorist financing deterrence. |
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