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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is the Financial Intelligence Unit of the United States. As reflected in its name, FinCEN is a network, a means of bringing people and information together to fight the complex problem of money laundering. Since its creation in April 1990, FinCEN has worked to maximize information sharing among law enforcement agencies and its other partners in the regulatory and financial communities. Through cooperation and partnerships, FinCEN's network approach encourages cost-effective and efficient measures to combat money laundering domestically and internationally.

The mission of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is to safeguard the financial system from the abuses of financial crime, including terrorist financing, money laundering, and other illicit activity.

It achieves this mission by:

• Administering the Bank Secrecy Act;
• Supporting law enforcement, intelligence, and regulatory agencies through sharing and analysis of financial intelligence;
• Building global cooperation with our counterpart financial intelligence units;
• Networking people, ideas, and information.

FinCEN is a member of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units.