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.
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.

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.
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.”
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.
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.
FACT’s latest report examines the devastating effects of illegal gold mining in Latin America, with a focus on how the U.S. financial system facilitates the laundering of illicit gold profits.
Read FACT deputy director Erica Hanichak’s letter to the editor for the Wall Street Journal on the importance of addressing the abuse of shell companies when enforcing tariffs.