31 CFR § 590.312 - Significant transnational criminal organization.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s590.312"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 590.312 - Significant transnational criminal organization."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "590.312"
section_name: "Significant transnational criminal organization."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "590"
part_name: "TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601  1701  Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 13581, 76 FR 44757, 3 CFR, 2011 Comp., p. 260; E.O. 13863, 84 FR 10255, 3 CFR, 2019 Comp., p. 267."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 3209, Jan. 21, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "590"
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# 590.312 Significant transnational criminal organization.

The term *significant transnational criminal organization* means a group of persons that includes one or more foreign persons; that engages in or facilitates an ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity involving the jurisdictions of at least two foreign states, or one foreign state and the United States; and that threatens the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.