Beyond Boundaries: Rethinking Conservation in the Age of Environmental Crime
In his latest blog, Isidoro Hazbun argues that the conservation movement must confront the financial engines of environmental destruction that operate across continents.
The “Big, Beautiful Bill” has a Big Illicit Finance Problem
A new tax on money sent from the U.S. to other countries by non-citizens will only serve to drive immigrants toward less secure, informal money transfer services, write FACT’s Julia Yansura and Zorka Milin.
El Brillo Mortal del Oro: Cómo la Minería Ilegal Alienta la Violencia en Colombia
A medida que el precio del oro supera los $3,000 dólares por onza troy—un hito histórico impulsado por la inestabilidad geopolítica, el temor a la inflación y el debilitamiento del dólar estadounidense—los efectos se sienten en todo el mundo y subrayan el papel que juegan las finanzas ilícitas y la extracción ilegal de recursos en la intensificación de los conflictos.
A Deadly Gold Rush: How Soaring Prices Fuel Colombia’s Guerrilla Warfare
As gold prices surge past $3,000 per troy ounce—a historic milestone driven by geopolitical turmoil, inflation fears, and a weakening U.S. dollar— the effects are being felt around the world and underscore the role that illicit finance and illegally extracted resources play in fueling conflicts.
Step One to Saving Domestic Manufacturing? Stop Giving Tax Breaks for Offshoring
Whether effective or not, tariffs are meant to react to a very real problem: the decades-long collapse of what was once a dynamic U.S. manufacturing base. Our current tax policy has only made that problem worse.
Misguided Anti-Money Laundering Action Moves Away from Risk-Based Approach and into Political Waters
Prioritizing small scale, politicized anti-money laundering policies over meaningful structural reforms will do little to protect Americans from the impacts of illegal drug trafficking, writes FACT program director for environmental crime and illicit finance Julia Yansura.