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3/15/2024

READOUT: Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson’s Travel to Japan | U.S. Department of…

READOUT: Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial
Intelligence Brian Nelson’s Travel to Japan
March 15, 2024

TOKYO – On March 13 and 14, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial
Intelligence Brian E. Nelson held meetings in Tokyo, Japan to continue close coordination
between the two G7 allies on pressing national security issues, including countering Russian
attempts to evade multilateral sanctions and export controls particularly through third
countries; protecting maritime shipping from illegal, dangerous, and destabilizing Houthi
attacks; and on cyber threats and ransomware.
While in Tokyo, Under Secretary Nelson met with senior government o icials including Ministry
of Finance Vice Minister for International A airs Masato Kanda, Ministry of Foreign A airs
Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign A airs Keiichi Ono, Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo
Himino, and Financial Services Agency Vice Minister for International A airs Shigeru Ariizumi.
The United States has worked closely with Japan both bilaterally and via multilateral groups,
including the Financial Action Task Force and the G7, to prevent terrorists, money launderers,
and other illicit actors from accessing the international financial system, and to counter
sanctions evasion from actors like Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The Under Secretary also
met with private sector representatives from banks and multinational companies to discuss
geopolitical issues and ways that the private sector and governments can work together to
detect and prevent illicit finance.
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