FACT Submits Comment to the SEC to Amend Form PF and Secure the U.S. Financial System
Requiring private fund advisers to conduct and report basic customer due diligence is key for defending U.S. financial markets from bad and corrupt actors.
Zelenskyy Address to Congress Highlights US Shortcomings in Fight Against Illicit Finance
The tools that Congress and the White House commit to Ukraine’s fight for independence and democracy must not be undermined by failings in our own institutions.
Politico: Oligarchs’ big loophole for stashing money
FACT’s Erica Hanichak is quoted in Politico: “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shines a spotlight on what we already know — kleptocrats and criminals have manipulated the chinks in the armor protecting Western financial systems in order to safeguard their own ill-gotten gains,”
Treasury Sanctions on Russian Oligarchs Need Funding In Congressional Spending Bill
In light of new sanctions against Russia, the FACT Coalition urged Congress to approve $118.2 million in emergency and discretionary funding this week for the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
Enforce U.S. Sanctions and Protect the U.S. Financial System
Inadequate funding for the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) jeopardizes the enforcement of new U.S. sanctions in light of President Putin’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine.
Before Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Caucus, FACT Calls for Stronger Anti-Money Laundering Safeguards Against Narcotics Financing
FACT Government Affairs Director Erica Hanichak spoke before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on ways legislators can deny drug traffickers and the corrupt officials they work with access to the U.S. financial system.