Op-ed:Amazon Countries Shouldn’t Have to Fight Environmental Crime Alone
Read FACT program director for environmental crimes Julia Yansura’s op-ed for Common Dreams on the need for US action to address the financial flows from environmental crime.
FACT Submits Statement for the Record on FinCEN Oversight Hearing
Read FACT’s official statement for the record on a House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions hearing on”Evaluating the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.”
FACT Submits Comments Calling for Limited Exemptions to Australia’s New Tax Transparency Standard
Read FACT’s official comments to the Australian government on the implementation of Australia’s world-leading public country-by-country reporting regime.
FACT Submits Comments Calling on UN Tax Committee to Prioritize Country-by-Country Reporting
Read FACT’s comments to the UN Tax Committee calling for the Committee to prioritize greater multinational tax transparency in the form of public country-by-country reporting.
3 family members accused of smuggling gold into Miami from Colombia
FACT program director for environmental crimes, Julia Yansura, was quoted by the Miami Herald in their coverage of an illegal gold smuggling operation.
“Illegal gold mining is a regional crisis that undermines the rule of law, damages the environment, and fuels organized crime. With significant gaps in our anti-money laundering regulations and trade policies, the U.S. has become a hub for the proceeds of this crime, empowering criminal networks and authoritarian regimes in the process.”
US Urged to Tackle Illicit Gold Boom Fueled by Soaring Price
Bloomberg covered a new FACT report that examines the destructive effects of illegal gold mining, with a focus on steps the U.S. can take to cut off the financial drivers of this crime.