Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury. TFI marshals the department's intelligence and enforcement functions with the twin aims of safeguarding the financial system against illicit use and combating rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, serial killers, and other national security threats.

The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence is overseen by the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.

TFI oversees the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Financial Crime Enforcement Network and the Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture.^[1]

According to CNN, the U.S. Treasury Department is the only federal finance agency in the world with its own in-house intelligence agency. TFI freezes assets of drug cartels and terrorists. It has offices around the world, including in such locations as Islamabad and Abu Dhabi.^[2]

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Treasury Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

Agencies under the United States Department of the Treasury

Headquarters: Treasury Building Jack Lew, Secretary of the Treasury Sarah Bloom Raskin, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury	Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Internal Revenue Service Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Office of Tax Policy

Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs	Office of East Asia Office of South and Southeast Asia Nations Office of Europe & Eurasia Office of the Western Hemisphere Office of International Monetary Policy Office of Banking and Securities Office of International Debt Policy Office of Development Policy Office of Financing Operations Office of African Nations Office of the Middle East and North Africa Office of International Trade Office of International Investment Office of Trade Finance Office of Technical Assistance Office of Risk and Research Analysis Exchange Stabilization Fund

Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance	Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Federal Financing Bank Office of Debt Management Office of Financial Institutions Office of Financial Markets Office of Financial Stability Office of Fiscal Service Bureau of the Fiscal Service

Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence	Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Office of Intelligence and Analysis Office of Foreign Assets Control Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture

Treasurer of the United States	Bureau of Engraving and Printing United States Mint

Intelligence agencies and organizations of the United States

Intelligence
Community

Department of Defense

Armed Forces	Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency Army Military Intelligence Marine Corps Intelligence Activity Office of Naval Intelligence

Civilian

Bureau of Intelligence and Research (State)
Central Intelligence Agency (Directorate of Operations • Special Activities Division • Open Source Center)
Drug Enforcement Administration (Justice)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (Justice)
Office of Intelligence and Analysis (Homeland Security)
Coast Guard Intelligence (Homeland Security)
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (Treasury)
Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (Energy)

Other

Defunct

Categories

United States Department of the Treasury agencies

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