| AML | Anti-Money Laundering |
| APG | Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering |
| ARS | Alternative Remittance System |
| BCS | Bulk Cash Smuggling |
| CFATF | Caribbean Financial Action Task Force |
| CTF | Counterterrorist Financing |
| CTR | Currency Transaction Report |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DOJ | Department of Justice |
| DOS | Department of State |
| EAG | Eurasian Group to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| ESAAMLG | Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group |
| EU | European Union |
| FATF | Financial Action Task Force |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FinCEN | Financial Crimes Enforcement Network |
| FIU | Financial Intelligence Unit |
| FSRB | FATF-Style Regional Body |
| GAFISUD | Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering in South America |
| GIABA | Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering |
| IBC | International Business Company |
| ICE | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
| IFI | International Financial Institution |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INCSR | International Narcotics Control Strategy Report |
| INL | Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| IRS-CID | Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigative Division |
| IVTS | Informal Value Transfer System |
| MENAFATF | Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force |
| MLAT | Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty |
| MONEYVAL | Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NCCT | Non-Cooperative Countries or Territories |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| NPO | Non-Profit Organization |
| OAS | Organization of American States |
| OAS/CICAD | OAS Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission |
| OFAC | Office of Foreign Assets Control |
| OFC | Offshore Financial Center |
| OPDAT | Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training |
| OTA | Office of Technical Assistance |
| SAR | Suspicious Activity Report |
| STR | Suspicious Transaction Report |
| TBML | Trade-Based Money Laundering |
| TTU | Trade Transparency Unit |
| UNCAC | United Nations Convention against Corruption |
| UN Drug Convention | 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances |
| UNGPML | United Nations Global Programme against Money Laundering |
| UNODC | United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention |
| UNSCR | United Nations Security Council Resolution |
| UNTOC | United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
| USAID | Agency for International Development |
| USG | United States Government |
