I didn't read the article as it appeared to go off on tangents that don't really get to the heart of the matter: SARs and everything else are super super secret

I didn't read the article as it appeared to go off on tangents that don't really get to the heart of the matter: SARs and everything else are super super secret and there are severe penalties for even cluing someone in about them. There is a lot of bullshit clockwork that is hidden from consumers under the guise of anti-money-laundering and anti-organized-crime stuff. If I recall the training correctly, you aren't even allowed to acknowledge there is this whole secret process! Which is stupid. All of this is because FinCEN has banks by the balls