Which information should be gathered as part of enhanced due diligence (EDD) for a high-risk customer?
A client is a wholesale auto business that operates as a used car lot. The client regularly ships vehicles internationally. In a four-month period, the client received wires totaling $1,250,000 from a dealer in Benin in West Africa. All wires originated from Benin and were in increments of $50,000.
Account debits made to the account were payable to various transport companies. All incoming checks reference various vehicles purchased. Dock shipping receipts produced by the client to support account activity identify the vehicles but cannot easily be tied to the wires received.
What is the suspicious behavior?
A European Union (EU) bank has a correspondent banking relationship with a U.S. bank. Under USA PATRIOT Act Section 311, the U.S. government has enacted special measures against a designated entity that has a payable-through account with the EU bank. Which of the following actions might the U.S. bank be required to take regarding the EU bank's services for the designated entity?
In general, what is an element that a financial institution or business does not have to specifically address in an anti-money laundering program?
