Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: The FACT Coalition’s 2023 Year of Impact
FACT Executive Director Ian Gary reflects on the policy victories, new Coalition members, media hits, and emerging issues that defined FACT’s 2023, and turns an eye to the year ahead.
Treasury Updates Timeline for Key Anti-Money Laundering Measures as Anti-Corruption Summit Begins
New regulations tackling money laundering in the titanic U.S. real estate and private investment sectors are now expected in early 2024, per a fact sheet released by Treasury on the first day of this week’s UN anti-corruption conference in Atlanta.
In Conversation: Tracking the Proceeds of Environmental Crimes with Vivian Calderoni
FACT Policy Fellow Sofia Gonzalez interviewed Vivian Calderoni, Program and Research Coordinator at the Igarapé Institute, on the Institute’s work at the intersection of environmental and financial crime in Latin America.
Bipartisan Bill Would Give U.S. Prosecutors New Tools to Combat Nature Crime
FACT applauds the reintroduction of the FOREST Act, which would add illegal deforestation as a specified unlawful activity, or “predicate offense” for money laundering, empowering U.S. law enforcement to better track down and combat environmental crime.
As COP28 Begins, We Must Ensure the Financial Integrity of the Climate Transition and Prevent Environmental Crimes
As COP28 kicks off, FACT policy fellow Luke Rowe argues that the fight against dirty money from environmental crimes holds lessons for current efforts to ensure the integrity of the energy transition.
In Conversation: Unveiling Illegal Mining in the Amazon with Bram Ebus
FACT Policy Fellow Sofia Gonzalez interviewed Bram Ebus, Lead Journalist and Research Coordinator at Amazon Underworld, on his work investigating illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon and the secrecy systems that allow illegal gold to make its way to U.S. markets.