Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

18 U.S.C. § 2332d: Financial transactions

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A U.S. person knowingly engaging in financial transactions with governments of countries designated as supporting international terrorism may be fined and imprisoned for up to 10 years.

Read the full statutory text

Except as provided in regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, whoever, being a United States person, knowing or having reasonable cause to know that a country is designated under section 6(j) 1 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405) as a country supporting international terrorism, engages in a financial transaction with the government of that country, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. 1 See References in Text note below. the term “financial transaction” has the same meaning as in section 1956(c)(4); and United States citizen or national; permanent resident alien; juridical person organized under the laws of the United States; or any person in the United States.

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