Op-ed:Amazon Countries Shouldn’t Have to Fight Environmental Crime Alone
Read FACT program director for environmental crimes Julia Yansura’s op-ed for Common Dreams on the need for US action to address the financial flows from environmental crime.
FACT Submits Statement for the Record on FinCEN Oversight Hearing
Read FACT’s official statement for the record on a House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions hearing on”Evaluating the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.”
3 family members accused of smuggling gold into Miami from Colombia
FACT program director for environmental crimes, Julia Yansura, was quoted by the Miami Herald in their coverage of an illegal gold smuggling operation.
“Illegal gold mining is a regional crisis that undermines the rule of law, damages the environment, and fuels organized crime. With significant gaps in our anti-money laundering regulations and trade policies, the U.S. has become a hub for the proceeds of this crime, empowering criminal networks and authoritarian regimes in the process.”
Cómo abordar la minería ilegal de oro en el hemisferio occidental: Nuevos enfoques de política para los EE. UU.
El último informe de FACT analiza ejemplos de países latinoamericanos para demostrar que la crisis de la minería ilegal de oro se ha vuelto demasiado grande para que Estados Unidos la ignore.
US Urged to Tackle Illicit Gold Boom Fueled by Soaring Price
Bloomberg covered a new FACT report that examines the destructive effects of illegal gold mining, with a focus on steps the U.S. can take to cut off the financial drivers of this crime.
Addressing Illegal Gold Mining in the Western Hemisphere: New Approaches for U.S. Policy
Read FACT’s latest report drawing on examples from Latin American countries to make the case that the crisis of illegal gold mining has become too large for the United States to ignore.