# Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence **Entity class:** Treasury national-security office **Domain:** Financial intelligence / sanctions / illicit finance **Doc Type:** Agency Component Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The **Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)** is the national-security arm of the [[wiki/United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]]. Established in 2004, it combines intelligence, policy, regulatory, sanctions, and asset-forfeiture capabilities to identify, disrupt, and disable terrorists, proliferators, criminals, and other actors that abuse the U.S. or international financial systems. ## Component Architecture TFI's current architecture includes: - [[wiki/Office of Foreign Assets Control|Office of Foreign Assets Control]], which administers and enforces economic sanctions; - [[wiki/Treasury Office of Intelligence and Analysis|Office of Intelligence and Analysis]], Treasury's Intelligence Community element; - [[wiki/Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes|Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes]], which develops AML/CFT and counter-proliferation-financing policy; - the Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture, which administers the Treasury Forfeiture Fund; and - [[wiki/Financial Crimes Enforcement Network|Financial Crimes Enforcement Network]], the bureau that administers the [[wiki/Bank Secrecy Act|Bank Secrecy Act]]. This arrangement makes Treasury an operational national-security institution, not merely the government's tax, debt, and currency department. TFI can turn intelligence into designations, financial restrictions, public-private advisories, international standards, information requests, and support for investigations conducted under other agencies' authorities. ## Sources / Provenance - [Treasury — Terrorism and Financial Intelligence](https://home.treasury.gov/about/offices/terrorism-and-financial-intelligence) - [Treasury Order 105-17 establishing TFI](https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/orders-and-directives/treasury-order-105-17) ## Relationships - **component of:** [[wiki/United States Department of the Treasury|United States Department of the Treasury]]. - **intelligence component:** [[wiki/Treasury Office of Intelligence and Analysis|Treasury Office of Intelligence and Analysis]]. - **reporting and information-sharing bureau:** [[wiki/Financial Crimes Enforcement Network|FinCEN]]. - **sanctions component:** [[wiki/Office of Foreign Assets Control|OFAC]]. - **policy component:** [[wiki/Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes|TFFC]].