Bridger Insight XG Standard Watchlists

standard setting body for anti-money laundering and combating thefinancing of terrorism (AML/CFT). To protect the international financialsystem from money laundering and terrorist financing risks, and toencourage greater compliance with AML/CFT standards, the FATFidentified jurisdictions that have strategic deficiencies. Along with theFATF-style regional bodies, FATF works with jurisdictions to address thosedeficiencies that pose a risk to the international financial system.Most regulators agree that an institution should understand and evaluatethe specific risks associated with doing business in, opening accounts forcustomers from, or facilitating transactions involving these locations.Foreign Agents RegistrationsFilename: Foreign Agents Registrations.BDFThe Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is a disclosure statuterequiring that agents representing the interests of foreign powers beproperly identified to the U.S. public. 8 Disclosure of the requiredinformation facilitates evaluation by the U.S. government and theAmerican people of the statements and activities of such persons in lightof their function as foreign agents. The FARA Registration Unit of theCounterespionage Section (CES) in the National Security Division (NSD)is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the act. 9The LexisNexis ® Foreign Agents Registrations watchlist contains currentlyregistered active registrants and foreign principals.Her Majesty’s Treasury’s Asset Freezing Unit ConsolidatedListFilename: Bank of England Consolidated List.BDFThe source for this list is the United Kingdom Her Majesty’s (HM)Treasury's Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets list. This list isa consolidated list of targets identified by the UN, European Union (EU),and United Kingdom (UK). This list may include narcotic traffickers andterrorists. The responsibility for the administration of financial sanctionsin the UK has transferred from the Bank of England (BOE) FinancialSanctions Unit to HM Treasury Asset Freezing Unit. The UK's effectivedate to transfer the administration of the BOE list to HM Treasury wasOctober 24, 2007. 108 “FARA Index and ACT (22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq.),” United States Department ofJustice, accessed 30 September 2010, http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/links/indx-act.html9 “Foreign Agents Registration Act,” United States Department of Justice, accessed30 September 2010, http://www.justice.gov/criminal/fara/10 “Transfer of Function,” Bank of England, accessed 30 September 2010, http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/financialsanctions/Bridger Insight XG Standard WatchlistsDescription and Update Frequency9