Money laundering fuels everything from terror finance and sanctions evasion to human trafficking and corruption. However, experts warn that our anti-money laundering efforts are on the brink of failure, as law enforcement only interdicts less than one-half of one percent of the trillions of dollars laundered each year. We need a new approach to addressing money laundering and the dangerous threats to our safety and security from the crimes funded through illicit finance.
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.
Read a recap and watch the recording of FACT’s September 22 conversation with Vanessa Williamson (Brookings) and Casey Michel (Human Rights Foundation) exploring why good tax policy and financial transparency are essential to American democracy.
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, bipartisan outcry from lawmakers over Treasury’s move to gut the ownership reporting requirements for U.S. companies, and FACT’s research prompts new legislation to end tax subsidies for foreign oil and gas drilling.
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, FACT-endorsed corporate tax transparency legislation is reintroduced in the House and Senate, sparks fly at FinCEN’s annual HFSC oversight hearing, FACT announces an event bridging transparency issues and American democracy, and more.
Read the latest edition of FACT’s biannual Environmental Crimes Newsletter, a round-up of recent news regarding efforts to combat environmental crimes and the dirty money associated with them.
Over the past year, the U.S. has both rolled back major anti-money laundering reforms and taken its foot off the gas on white collar enforcement. To safeguard our democracy and protect U.S. national security, the U.S. must redouble its efforts to adequately assess and prevent illicit finance risks.
