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GAO-04-464R 1 (2004-02-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapyp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,Accountability * Integrity* Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 February 20, 2004 The Honorable Thad Cochran Chairman The Honorable Robert C. Byrd Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Homeland Security Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Subject: Investigations of Terrorist Financing, Money Laundering, and Other Financial Crimes After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, federal efforts to wage a seamless, coordinated campaign against sources of terrorist financing became critically important. In May 2003, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security signed a Memorandum of Agreement (Agreement) concerning terrorist financing investigations, which contained a number of provisions designed to resolve jurisdictional issues and enhance interagency coordination. The Agreement and its related procedures specified that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was to have the lead role in investigating terrorist financing and that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component of the Department of Homeland Security, was to pursue terrorist financing solely through participation in FBI-led task forces, except as expressly approved by the FBI. Specific provisions of the Agreement directed the FBI and ICE to, among other things, develop collaborative procedures for handling applicable ICE investigations or financial crimes leads that have a nexus to terrorism. Another provision required that the FBI and ICE jointly report to the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security on the status of the implementation of the Agreement 4 months from its effective date. Shortly after the Memorandum of Agreement was signed, Department of Homeland Security component agencies, the U.S. Secret Service and ICE, expressed concern that the Agreement could adversely affect their ability to conduct investigations involving financial crimes. Thus, Senate Report 108-86 (July 2003)' directed that we evaluate the Agreement's impact on the existing authorities of the Secret Service and ICE to effectively carry out traditional financial crimes investigations. Our initial work showed that the Agreement pertains only to investigations and operations of 'Title I of the Senate Appropriations Committee report on the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill for 2004. GAO-04-464R Financial Crimes Investigations

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