Which term refers to entities potentially misused for terrorist financing?

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Terrorist financing often flows through legitimate-seeming charitable organizations, which can be used to collect and move funds under the guise of charity. These entities are attractive to those seeking to obscure the origin and destination of money because donations can be large, frequent, and cross borders with relatively lax visibility in some cases. Regulators focus on charitable organizations to ensure proper governance, transparency, and reporting of large or suspicious gifts, helping to prevent abuse for financing illicit activities.

Higher-risk locations refer to places with elevated AML risk, not to a type of entity. FinCEN Advisories are guidance documents, not the term for the entities themselves. The process of investigating suspicious activities describes actions taken by institutions, not the entities at risk of being misused.