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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Siding with Drug Traffickers, Federal District Judge Wrongly Strikes Down Safeguard Against Money Laundering Through U.S. Residential Real Estate
“In striking down this rule, the district court in Texas has just sided with cartels, money launderers, and U.S. adversaries and given them free license to continue moving their dirty cash through U.S. real estate.” – Ian Gary, executive director of the FACT Coalition.
FACT Releases Analysis of New Tax Disclosures, Treasury Risk Assessment Downplays Domestic Shells – Just the FACTs 3/19/26
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, FACT releases analysis of new tax disclosures, and Treasury’s new money laundering risk assessment reaffirms many known threats, but downplays domestic shell companies.
Big U.S. Corporations Reaped Billions through Tax Havens in 2025, New Transparency Requirements Reveal
New disclosure requirements show that huge American corporations lowered their tax bills by billions of dollars through the use of tax havens in 2025, while U.S. anti-abuse rules struggled to keep up.
After Decades, U.S. Housing Market Now Has New Safeguards Against Dirty Money
“FinCEN’s new reporting requirements will help deter the most egregious cases of money laundering through real estate while giving law enforcement and national security officials better tools to investigate and tackle these flows.” – FACT Executive Director Ian Gary