In an effort to combat money laundering in the real estate sector, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the Treasury Department issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) that will temporarily require certain U.S. title insurance companies to identify
the natural persons behind companies used to pay «all cash» for high - end residential real estate in Manhattan and Miami - Dade County.
For instance, campaigns directed against
companies or farms known for their «humane» production policies may encounter public resistance because they seem to be going after wrong or innocent targets, especially to
people who (like most consumers) are not aware of the actual regulations
behind labels such as «humanely raised» or «
natural».