### Question
What is the definition of foreign financial intelligence unit?


### Answer
The definition of **foreign financial intelligence unit** is as follows in *31 U.S.C. § 310*:

> any foreign agency or authority, including a foreign financial intelligence unit that is a member of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, that is empowered under foreign law as a jurisdiction's national center for—


(i) receipt and analysis of suspicious transaction reports and other information relevant to money laundering, associated predicate offenses, and the financing of terrorism

#### Citation:
  - *31 U.S.C. § 310*
  - Heading: **SUBTITLE I-GENERAL > CHAPTER 3-DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY > SUBCHAPTER I-ORGANIZATION**

