There’s a lot to watch during Thursday’s congressional oversight hearing with FinCEN Acting Director Him Das. Here’s what we are interested in knowing re: U.S. progress to close AML loopholes and deny kleptocrats, criminals, and terrorists access to the U.S. financial system.
The FACT Coalition welcomed international and administrative tax reforms in the President’s proposed 2023 Budget that would continue the Administration’s efforts to discourage tax dodging by multinational corporations, and once again make the U.S. a leader in global tax transparency.
In response to President Biden’s 2023 proposed budget, the FACT Coalition welcomed substantial increases in funding for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI).
The tools that Congress and the White House commit to Ukraine’s fight for independence and democracy must not be undermined by failings in our own institutions.
FACT’s Erica Hanichak is quoted in Politico: “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shines a spotlight on what we already know — kleptocrats and criminals have manipulated the chinks in the armor protecting Western financial systems in order to safeguard their own ill-gotten gains,”
In light of new sanctions against Russia, the FACT Coalition urged Congress to approve $118.2 million in emergency and discretionary funding this week for the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
