A lack of a US beneficial ownership register is creating a “dangerous and widening gap” in the country’s national security apparatus according the director of the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

Kenneth Blanco told delegates at a conference on financial crime enforcement hosted by the American Bankers Association and the American Bar Association that the importance of beneficial ownership information to US security cannot be understated.

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