For some time, BSA violations have been addressed by regulators as a compliance shortcoming, or occasionally resolved through the use of deferred prosecution agreements pursuant to which the government agrees to dismiss the charges against a financial institution in exchange for the implementation of additional anti-money laundering measures, forfeiture of fees and an agreement in which the bank neither admits nor denies wrongdoing.
Close observers of the government suggest that the limited accountability of the cabinet, exacerbated by personal animosity among ministers, has become a serious shortcoming.