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FACT Sent Comments to the FDIC on Proposed SARs Exemption Rules
FACT Sent Comments to the FDIC on its Proposed Suspicious Activity Reports Exemption Rule
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.
FACT Sent Comments to the FDIC on its Proposed Suspicious Activity Reports Exemption Rule
FACT Sent Comments to the OCC on its Proposed Suspicious Activity Reports Exemption Rule
A month after the enactment of the landmark Corporate Transparency Act, a new administration is opening new opportunities to advance the fight against corruption and illicit finance.
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced legislation Thursday that would establish a global anti-corruption action fund at the State Department, dedicated to shoring up the rule of law abroad and combating global corruption.
As 2021 began, Congress passed two landmark laws that will help improve the transparency of federal contractors and combat the use of anonymous shell companies for money laundering.
Swiss bankers, and many other tax haven operatives, have always complained that they are unfairly victimised by international anger over their financial secrecy practices. “What about Delaware,” they routinely asked, “how come they can get away with it?”
And, at least in this respect, they had a point, even though it was merely a cheap exercise in what-aboutism. But, as of January 1, no longer: