Date: March 28, 2016
Listed among the more than 220 “specified unlawful activities” (SUA) that can serve as predicates to a US money laundering prosecution is Section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (Title 50, US Code Sec. 1705).
This Act prescribes penalties for violating the sanctions requirements of the US Treasury Department under the authority delegated by the president to Treasury and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). As an “SUA,” penalties for sanctions violations under Section 206 can activate a US money laundering prosecution.
The money laundering law, which is one of the most powerful such laws in the world, carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and criminal fines of up to $500,000 for each violation. (March 28, 2016)