From day one the United States has included both states and territories, with the territories treated differently. In 1940, when the Philippines was a U.S. possession, 19 million U.S. nationals ...

The U.S. Department of Treasury rejects the EU's inclusion of U.S. territories such as Guam and Puerto Rico in the list of dirty-money hot spots.

Alaska. The U.S. purchased Alaska, a territory from Russia, in 1867 for 586,412 square miles of territory for $12 per square mile, less than two cents an acre, for a total of $7.2 million.Alaska ...

Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are included in the European Nation's updated list of areas that are deemed hot spots for money laundering and terrorism financing.