Security News > 2023 > January > Bulk Surveillance of Money Transfers

Just another obscure warrantless surveillance program.

US law enforcement can access details of money transfers without a warrant through an obscure surveillance program the Arizona attorney general's office created in 2014.

The program covers data for numerous Caribbean and Latin American countries in addition to Canada, China, France, Malaysia, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine and the US Virgin Islands.

Wyden noted that the surveillance program included more states and countries than previously mentioned in briefings.

There have also been subpoenas for bulk money transfer data from Homeland Security Investigations, the DEA and the FBI. How is it that Arizona can be in charge of this?

Wall Street Journal podcast-with transcript-on the program.

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