Envíos de Valores La Nacional Corp.
BANK SECRECY ACT AND ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
POLICY STATEMENT
Know Your Agent Policy
Another effective way to prevent criminals
from using La Nacional is to adopt and follow
an effective Know Your Agent policy. The vast
majority of La Nacional transactions with customers
are conducted by Agents located throughout the
United States. Therefore, La Nacional’s Know
Your Agent policy requires La Nacional to conduct
due diligence to become familiar with each Agent
and its principals and business prior to establishing
the relationship. La Nacional’s Know Your Agent
policy also requires it to monitor transactions
to detect patterns of Agent activity that may
indicate structuring to evade BSA reporting
or recordkeeping requirements or any La Nacional
procedures, possible money laundering or other
criminal or unusual activity so that appropriate
action may be taken, including reporting the
activity to proper governmental authorities.
La Nacional has put in place Bank Secrecy Act
and Anti-Money Laundering Procedures (Compliance
Handbook), which contain procedures Agents are
required to follow when processing La Nacional
transactions. Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money
Laundering Compliance Program La Nacional’s
Know Your Customer and Know Your Agent policies
are essential parts of La Nacional’s strong
company-wide Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money
laundering compliance program (the “Program”),
which consists of the following four components:
a) Designation of an officer responsible
for day to day compliance with the Program;
b) A system of internal controls to monitor
compliance;
c) Training of appropriate personnel; and
d) Independent testing of compliance with the
Program
The Program has been adopted by La Nacional’s
Board of Directors and is put into practice
through the Compliance Handbook (Compliance
Handbook is hereinafter referred to together
as the “La Nacional Procedures”). La Nacional's
Compliance Officer has been designated as the
officer responsible for coordinating and monitoring
day-to-day compliance with the Program.
To this end, it is the policy of La Nacional
to:
1. Comply with the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act and its
implementing regulations (collectively referred
to as the "BSA"), including, filing CTRs and
keeping records of wire transfers and cash sales
of monetary instruments of $3,000 and over;
2. Maintain all records and copies of all
reports required by the BSA for at least five
years;
3. Maintain and update the Program as appropriate
4. La Nacional vigorously follow its Know
Your Customer policy as implemented by the La
Nacional Procedures by:
a. Requiring identifying and other customer
information at the thresholds set by La Nacional
prior to processing transactions;
b. Refusing to process a transaction if the
conductor fails to provide required identification
or provides information that appears to be false
or inconsistent or if the transaction is indicative
of structuring to evade BSA reporting or recordkeeping
requirements or the La Nacional Procedures,
possible money laundering or other criminal
or unusual activity; and
c. Being alert to and monitoring transactions
to identify currency transactions that are reportable
on a CTR, as well as customer activity that
may be indicative of structuring to evade BSA
reporting or recordkeeping requirements or the
La Nacional Procedures, possible money laundering
or other criminal or unusual activity;
5. La Nacional vigorously follow its
"Know Your Agent" policy as implemented by the
La Nacional Procedures by: a. Conducting due
diligence on each Agent prior to entering into
a relationship;
b. Assisting each Agent in complying with the BSA by providing a summary of
the BSA and anti-money laundering laws as well
as the Agent Procedures;
c. Requiring each Agent to report activity that
may be indicative of structuring to evade BSA
reporting or recordkeeping requirements or the
La Nacional Procedures, possible money laundering
or other criminal or unusual activity involving
a La Nacional customer to the proper government
authorities, as well as provide a copy of each
report to La Nacional;
d. Implementing controls to monitor transactions
to detect patterns of Agent activity that may
be indicative of structuring to evade BSA reporting
or recordkeeping requirements or the La Nacional
Procedures, possible money laundering or other
criminal or unusual activity; and
e. Taking appropriate action with respect to
any Agent that La Nacional has reported to the
government for engaging in known or suspected
criminal activity, which may include terminating
the Agent’s Agency Agreement with La Nacional;
6. Promptly refer known or suspected structuring
to evade BSA reporting or recordkeeping requirements
or the La Nacional Procedures, possible money
laundering or other criminal or unusual activity
involving any customer or Agent to the Compliance
Officer, who after investigation, will promptly
report known or suspected criminal activity
to the proper government authorities, consistent
with applicable federal and state laws and regulations;
7. Never to give any advice or other assistance
to customers or Agents regarding how to structure
currency transactions or to evade the BSA reporting
or recordkeeping requirements or the La Nacional
Procedures; and
8. Cooperate fully with law enforcement authorities
within the confines of applicable law.
It is the responsibility of every employee,
officer and director of La Nacional to read,
understand and strictly adhere to this Policy
Statement and La Nacional's BSA and anti-money
Envíos de Valores La Nacional
566 West 207th St., New York, NY 10034
Tel.: 917-529-0700 Ext. 120 Fax.: 917-529-0748
email: info@lanacional.com
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