Case #1000.0

On the Kindness of Strangers: The Origins and Early Days of FINCEN

Publication Date: January 01, 1991
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Abstract:
When the Bush administration considers ways in which to make good on its pledge to win the war against drugs, it turns to a new type of law enforcement agency. The Financial Crime Enforcement Network, a division of the Treasury Department created in early 1990, is designed to use information from a wide variety of government agencies to follow the money-laundering trail left by drug kingpins. But an agency which must depend for its lifeblood on information in the files of other agencies faces a daunting challenge. Even the anti-drug mission is no guarantee of cooperation. This case examines the incentives and disincentives for federal inter-agency cooperation.

Learning Objective:
This case examines the incentives and disincentives for federal inter-agency cooperation

Other Details

Case Author:
David Kennedy
Faculty Lead:
Malcolm Sparrow
Pages (incl. exhibits):
23
Setting:
United States
Language:
English
Funding Source:
Unysis Corporation