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.
¿Qué podemos aprender de los 230 delitos ambientales registrados en los países de la Amazonía durante la última década? El último informe de FACT analiza los datos disponibles públicamente sobre estos casos para comprender mejor cómo se cometen estos delitos y cómo se blanquean las ganancias asociadas.
Un nuevo informe de la Coalición de Responsabilidad Financiera y Transparencia Corporativa (FACT) revela que Estados Unidos es el destino extranjero más común para los productos e ingresos derivados de los delitos ambientales cometidos en la Región Amazónica.
A new report by the FACT Coalition finds that the U.S. is the most common foreign destination for the products and proceeds of environmental crimes committed in the Amazon region.
Read FACT’s latest report analyzing publicly available case data to assess how environmental crimes are committed and how their associated profits are laundered. By understanding regional trends, typologies, and red flags, this report aims to inform policy discussions and law enforcement efforts in the Amazon region to curtail illegal deforestation, protect local communities, and strengthen the rule of law.
Please join the FACT Coalition and Transparency International U.S. on October 17 for a conversation with Casey Michel, author of the new book, Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World.
FACT se complace en compartir un resumen de noticias e información sobre los esfuerzos para combatir los delitos ambientales y el flujo de dinero ilícito vinculado a ellos.
