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FFIEC: Money Laundering Red Flags

These documents list various transactions and activities that may indicate potential money laundering. They can be used in BSA/Anti-Money laundering training to alert credit union staff to examples of suspicious activity they may encounter in their own departments. While not all-inclusive, the list does reflect ways that launderers have been known to operate. Transactions or activities listed here may not necessarily be indicative of money laundering if they are consistent with a customer’s legitimate business.

  • General
  • Cash Management: Branch and Vault Shipments
  • Currency Exchanges and Other Currency Transactions
  • Deposit Accounts
  • Lending
  • Monetary Instruments
  • Safe Deposit Boxes
  • Wire Transfers
  • Other Activities Involving Customers and/or Bank Employees