Proposals to Reform the Federal Money Laundering Statutes
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(2) that the offense under this section takes place outside the United States and such special jurisdiction, but the defendant is a United States person (as defined in section 3077 of this title, but excluding the class described in paragraph (2)(D) of such section). (e) (d) Violations of this section may be investigated by such components of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General may direct, and by such components of the Department of the Treasury as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, as appropriate and, with respect to offenses over which the United States Postal Service has jurisdiction, by the Postal Service. Such authority of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postal Service shall be exercised in accordance with an agreement which shall be entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Postal Service, and the Attorney General.
(f) (e) As used in this section —
(1) the term “ monetary transaction ” means the deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or exchange, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of funds or a monetary instrument (as defined in section 1956(c)(5) of this title) by, through, or to a financial institution (as defined in section 1956 of this title), including any transaction that would be a financial transaction under section 1956(c)(4)(B) of this title, but such term does not include any transaction necessary to preserve a person ’ s right to representation as guaranteed by the sixth amendment to the Constitution involving the bona fide fees an attorney accepts for representing a client in a criminal investigation or any proceeding arising therefrom. (2) the term “ criminally derived property ” means any property constituting, or derived from, proceeds obtained from a criminal offense; and
(3) the term “ specified unlawful activity ” has the meaning
given that term in section 1956 of this title.
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