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Secret govt documents reveal how giant banks move trillions in suspicious transactions, enriching themselves while facilitating the work of terrorists, kleptocrats, and criminals. And the US government fails to stop it.

http://buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/fincen-files-financial-scandal-criminal-networks
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#FinCENFiles: Secret Documents Show How Criminals Use Famous Banks To Finance Terror And Death, And...

Thousands of secret “suspicious activity reports” offer a never-before-seen picture of corruption and complicity — and how the government lets it flourish.

http://buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/fincen-files-financial-scandal-criminal-networks

This is one of the largest journalism projects ever.

It involves more than 400 journalists in 88 countries convened by @ICIJorg.

It is based on thousands of government documents — the #FinCENFiles — that @BuzzFeedNEWS shared with the coalition.

More of our stories today:

Top executives at Deutsche Bank had direct knowledge for years of serious failings that left the bank vulnerable to one of the largest money laundering scams in history.

http://buzzfeednews.com/article/tomwarren/deutsche-bank-money-laundering-mirror-trades
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#FinCENFiles: How Deutsche Bank Let Crooked Clients Run Rampant

When the $10 billion mirror trading scandal was exposed, little emerged about who its victims were or how much Deutsche’s executives knew. The FinCEN Files investigation shows how deep the rot went.

http://buzzfeednews.com/article/tomwarren/deutsche-bank-money-laundering-mirror-trades

US intelligence believes this financier was assassinated on orders from Putin or his circle. But he also illuminates how illicit cash is siphoned out of the former Soviet republics and into the mainstream banking system.

http://buzzfeednews.com/article/tomwarren/alexander-perepilichnyy-money-laundering-scandals
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The Dead Man With The Link To Two Of The World’s Largest Money Laundering Scandals

Alexander Perepilichnyy transformed himself from a money launderer to a whistleblower, and then he died. The company he founded began a new life in the criminal underworld. A FinCEN Files investiga...

http://buzzfeednews.com/article/tomwarren/alexander-perepilichnyy-money-laundering-scandals

Here's how our crack team analyzed the documents and crunched the numbers.

This explainer is not only eye-opening, it’s also eye-popping!

http://buzzfeednews.com/article/jsvine/fincen-files-explainer-data-money-transactions
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The FinCEN Files By The (Very Big) Numbers

Twenty-two thousand pages of never-before-released government documents. Hundreds of thousands of transactions. More than $2 trillion. A close accounting of BuzzFeed News’ unprecedented trove.

http://buzzfeednews.com/article/jsvine/fincen-files-explainer-data-money-transactions

Here is how the banks responded to our investigation:

http://buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/bank-responses-fincen-files
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Here Is How Banks Have Responded To The FinCEN Files Investigation

Read each statement, bank by bank.

http://buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/bank-responses-fincen-files

A podcast! That’s right, a five-episode podcast that is absolutely riveting.

https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/CAD6330552865?selected=CAD3557303957
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You can see everything we publish in this massive investigation here on our landing page:

http://buzzfeednews.com/fincen-files
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FinCEN Files News: Live Updates

The latest breaking news about the FinCEN Files from BuzzFeed News, the leader in investigative reporting.

http://buzzfeednews.com/fincen-files

Bravo to @JasonLeopold @a_cormier_ @jtemplon @TomBWarren @jsvine @scottpham @Richard_AHolmes @MikeSallah7 @TaniaKozyreva @LoopEmma @arielkaminer @HeidilBlake @alexcampbell @GeorgeWPapajohn @azeen @brknyc @bubaczery @BuzzFeedNews #FinCENFiles

More kudos to: @katiejmbaker @KendallTTaggart @DruMoorhouse @schweptaway @allmalone @morroweric @TomNamako @davidmackau @sarayasin @Walldo @mattmittenthal @baldwin_sydney @pineapplemedia @WBJenna @briannesabino and Eva Lee.
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And still more congratulations to David Zhao, Tami Olafunmiloye, and Brian Lee, as well as to @sophiecomeauusc @waylon_atx Sam Feehan @banancypancakes @krhutchings @kmstorm99 @FelTap @karensiqiwang @abby_washer @ashleydzhang of @USCAnnenberg.
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