VOA: How Committed is US to Africa? $55B Worth, White House Says
VOA quotes FACT Executive Director Ian Gary on the importance of supporting African states’ fight against illicit financial flows.
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.

VOA quotes FACT Executive Director Ian Gary on the importance of supporting African states’ fight against illicit financial flows.
FACT Government Affairs Director Erica Hanichak is quoted by OCCRP on the prospects of passing the ENABLERS Act despite setbacks in the Senate
In advance of the Second U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit, leaders in the U.S. and Africa must seize the moment to advance a new partnership to curb Illicit Financial Flows, corruption, and tax dodging.
The San Francisco Standard quotes FACT Government Director Erica Hanichak about the need to pass the ENABLERS Act to counter the influence of foreign kleptocrats.
The FACT Coalition applauds today’s announcement by Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor to the President, of the Biden Administration’s “full support” for the ENABLERS Act. The ENABLERS Act would close dangerous loopholes in the U.S. anti-money laundering framework.
The Administration must accelerate its efforts on AML by fully implementing U.S. anonymous entity beneficial ownership transparency rules and advancing long-overdue regulatory overhauls on U.S. real estate and private investment fund markets within the coming year.