Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a U.S. government bureau that collects and analyzes financial transaction data to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network canonical | 30 |
| FinCEN | 6 |
| FinCEN Query | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10686 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Context triple: [United States Department of the Treasury, oversees, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network]
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A.
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is the United States’ primary civilian foreign intelligence service, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and conducting covert operations abroad to support national security and policy decisions.
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B.
United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.
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C.
IRE Transactions
IRE Transactions was a series of technical journals published by the Institute of Radio Engineers that disseminated influential research in electronics, radio, and related engineering fields.
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D.
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors is the central governing body of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, responsible for setting national monetary policy and overseeing the country’s banking system.
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E.
United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate responsible for overseeing the nation’s intelligence agencies and activities, including their budgets, operations, and compliance with law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Target entity description: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a U.S. government bureau that collects and analyzes financial transaction data to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.
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A.
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is the United States’ primary civilian foreign intelligence service, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and conducting covert operations abroad to support national security and policy decisions.
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B.
United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.
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C.
IRE Transactions
IRE Transactions was a series of technical journals published by the Institute of Radio Engineers that disseminated influential research in electronics, radio, and related engineering fields.
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D.
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors is the central governing body of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, responsible for setting national monetary policy and overseeing the country’s banking system.
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E.
United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate responsible for overseeing the nation’s intelligence agencies and activities, including their budgets, operations, and compliance with law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. federal government bureau
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financial intelligence unit ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
FinCEN
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| appliesRegulatoryFramework | Bank Secrecy Act regulations ⓘ |
| collectsFrom |
banks
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broker-dealers in securities ⓘ casinos ⓘ credit unions ⓘ money services businesses ⓘ other covered financial institutions ⓘ |
| collectsReportType |
Currency Transaction Reports
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Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Reports ⓘ Suspicious Activity Reports ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
Drug Enforcement Administration
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Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ Internal Revenue Service ⓘ
surface form:
Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Foreign Assets Control
foreign financial intelligence units ⓘ state and local law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| function |
administer Bank Secrecy Act
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analyze financial transaction data ⓘ collect financial transaction data ⓘ coordinate with financial regulators ⓘ disseminate financial intelligence ⓘ issue anti-money laundering regulations ⓘ support law enforcement investigations ⓘ support national security agencies ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Vienna, Virginia
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Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
| inception | 1990 ⓘ |
| issues |
advisories to financial institutions
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civil monetary penalties for BSA violations ⓘ guidance on suspicious activity monitoring ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| legalBasis |
Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020
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Bank Secrecy Act ⓘ USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| maintainsSystem |
BSA E-Filing System
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
FinCEN Query
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| mandate |
combat money laundering
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combat other financial crimes ⓘ combat terrorist financing ⓘ |
| memberOf | Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units ⓘ |
| oversightOf | Bank Secrecy Act compliance by financial institutions ⓘ |
| parentAgency | United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. anti-money laundering regime ⓘ |
| supervisesArea | anti-money laundering compliance in the U.S. financial system ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fincen.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Description of subject: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a U.S. government bureau that collects and analyzes financial transaction data to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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abbreviation
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
FinCEN
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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maintainsSystem
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
FinCEN Query
subject surface form:
Office of the General Counsel (U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020
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designatesAdministratorOfBeneficialOwnershipRegistry
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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this entity surface form:
FinCEN
this entity surface form:
FinCEN
this entity surface form:
FinCEN
this entity surface form:
FinCEN
subject surface form:
United States Department of the Treasury
U.S. Department of the Treasury to establish national AML and CFT priorities
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relatedTo
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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subject surface form:
U.S. Department of the Treasury national AML and CFT priorities
Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations
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administeredBy
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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subject surface form:
Bank Secrecy Act
subject surface form:
Bank Secrecy Act
Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section
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collaboratesWith
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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Title III – International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001
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empowers
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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Title III – International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001
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enforcedBy
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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subject surface form:
Corporate Transparency Act
subject surface form:
Corporate Transparency Act
this entity surface form:
FinCEN
subject surface form:
Corporate Transparency Act