Quote1: "In some cases the banks kept moving illicit funds even after U.S. officials warned them they’d face criminal prosecutions if they didn’t stop doing bus

Quote1: "In some cases the banks kept moving illicit funds even after U.S. officials warned them they’d face criminal prosecutions if they didn’t stop doing business with mobsters, fraudsters or corrupt regimes." I don't know if it's true but it's clearly making a strong claim. It's remarkable that all the highest voted comments summarize the article as only claiming that there was a problem because a FinCEN was filed. Clearly, the article is about the particular interpretation of those FinCEN files. Quote2 (edit): "Along with sifting through the FinCEN Files, ICIJ and its media partners obtained more than 17,600 other records from insiders and whistleblowers, court files, freedom-of-information requests and other sources. The team interviewed hundreds of people, including financial crime experts, law enforcement officials and crime victims." IE, the organization did their own investigation and found a lot of shadiness - they allege. But they are very clear that just FinCEN doesn't prove an illegal transaction.