Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
Argentina has endorsed the Proliferation Security Initiative and has implemented the Container Security Initiative and the Trade Transparency Unit, both of which are programs administered by the US Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Container Security Initiative provides for the selective scanning of shipping containers to identify weapons of mass destruction components, and the Trade Transparency Unit works jointly with Argentine Customs to identify trade-based money laundering. The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering highlighted Argentine legislation passed during 2013 issuing new regulations strengthening suspicious transaction reporting requirements. Currently, the US holds a position of neutrality on the issue of the ownership of the Falkland Islands. It acknowledges the "de facto" British control of the Falklands but has no position on the sovereignty claim over the islands.