U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds the Corporate Transparency Act
“The Court’s decision confirms what Congress understood and intended when it originally passed this legislation: that anonymous companies are drivers of fraud, drug trafficking, and the threats posed by terrorists and transnational criminal organizations.”
- Erica Hanichak, deputy director of the FACT Coalition.
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Criminals Have Discovered the Advantages of Dirty Gold: U.S. Laws Haven’t Caught Up.
For decades, cocaine has shaped the way the United States thinks about organized crime in Latin America. But criminal organizations adapt when markets change, and today, one of their most profitable opportunities is gold.
FACT Applauds Push by State Attorneys General to Undo Treasury’s Gutting of Landmark Transparency Law
“Congress spent fifteen years crafting and passing a bipartisan law to help federal, state, and local law enforcement follow the money…Now, many of those same law enforcement leaders are joining together to demand that the Treasury simply carry out the law as Congress intended.”
– FACT Co-Director Erica Hanichak
Renewing Democracy and Fighting Fraud – Just the FACTs 10/13/26
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, FACT hosts an event at the intersection of financial transparency, tax fairness, and democratic renewal, and the Government Accountability Office releases a new report detailing risks associated with Treasury’s gutting of the Corporate Transparency Act.
Event Recap: Financial Crime, Environmental Crime and Climate Change – Unpacking the Connections, Exposing the Risks
Read a recap of FACT’s recent conversation with experts from The Sentry and the Center for Climate Crime Analysis exploring the financial drivers of environmental crime, the risks that corporate and financial actors may be exposed to as a result, and the opportunities to use financial intelligence and anti-money laundering frameworks to identify and disrupt financial flows linked to environmental harm.