I think everyone recognizes that illicit financial activities are threats to all of our financial systems.

The Treasury Department will continue to take action as necessary to protect against threats to our financial system and our institutions.

The briefing focused on the Treasury's authorities to combat illicit finance and the tools we utilize to protect the U.S. financial system, and afforded a useful opportunity to clarify numerous issues.

We are going to continue to take steps to stop North Korea's engagement in illicit activities.

Even though the crackdown on North Korea's illicit banking activities in Macau demonstrated that China is not completely immune to outside pressures to rein in bad behavior, Beijing is unlikely to shut down the North's remaining banking activities.

There are no financial incentives for nefarious activities.