<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The USA PATRIOT Act was passed by the United States Congress in 2001 as a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks . It has ten titles, each containing numerous sections . Title III: International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 is actually an act of Congress in its own right as well as being a title of the USA PATRIOT Act, and is intended to facilitate the prevention, detection and prosecution of international money laundering and the financing of terrorism . The title's sections primarily amend portions of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 and the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 . </P> <P> The provisions of Title III are divided into three subtitles . The first deals primarily with strengthening banking rules specifically against money laundering, especially on the international stage . Communication between law enforcement agencies and financial institutions, as well as among institutions, is expanded by the second subtitle, which also increases record keeping and reporting requirements . The final portion of the title deals with currency smuggling and counterfeiting, including quadrupling the maximum penalty for counterfeiting foreign currency . </P>

Title iii of the usa patriot act is implemented in part by amendments to which act