About Treasury • Offices
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Treasury’s work on terrorism and financial intelligence focuses on protecting the financial system from illicit activity and supporting national and economic security priorities through financial tools.
What This Office Does
- Supports efforts to combat illicit finance, including money laundering and related threats.
- Helps coordinate the use of financial restrictions and sanctions when authorized by law or policy.
- Supports analysis and coordination that strengthens financial system safeguards and compliance frameworks.
Key Focus Areas
- Illicit finance: combating the misuse of financial systems for criminal or harmful purposes.
- Sanctions implementation: administering financial restrictions that support foreign policy and security objectives.
- Financial intelligence: analysis that helps identify risks and informs strategic action.
- Partnerships: coordination with domestic and international partners, including regulators and financial institutions.
How It Supports the Public
By strengthening safeguards and helping disrupt illicit finance, this office contributes to a financial system that is intended to be safer and more trustworthy for legitimate commerce.
- Helps reduce fraud and illicit flows that can harm communities.
- Supports compliance frameworks that protect financial integrity.
- Promotes coordination to respond to emerging financial threats.