Just the FACTs: July 29, 2020
2020 is turning out to be an eventful year in the fight against corrupt financial practices.
The U.S. is the easiest place in the world for a criminal, terrorist, tax cheat, or kleptocrat to open an anonymous shell company to launder their money with impunity. Anonymous corporations are great ways to hide money and other assets — they can hold a bank account or buy a yacht. Criminals often layer anonymous corporations, with one owning another and so on, making it even harder for law enforcement to “trace the money” and figure out who is directing the company’s activity. It’s time to ending the use of anonymous shell companies as vehicles for illicit activity by requiring that the true owners of U.S. companies be disclosed at the time of formation and updated upon any change.

2020 is turning out to be an eventful year in the fight against corrupt financial practices.
Polaris sent a letter to the House of Representatives in support of House Amendment 1 to the National Defense Authorization Act.
Following the inclusion of H.Amdt.1 in the House National Defense Authorization Act, FDD Action calls on the Senate to take up S.Amdt.2198. Like the House version, the Senate amendment would “help deter nefarious actors from exploiting holes in our beneficial ownership regime.”
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Monday to attach a major measure updating federal anti-money laundering laws and ending the incorporation of anonymous companies in the U.S. to the annual National Defense Authorization Act.
The NNOAC wrote a letter to the US House of Representatives encouraging a vote of support for House Amendment 1 to the NDAA, previously known as the Corporate Transparency Act.
H.Amdt.1 is “a critical step toward ending the abuse of anonymous shell companies,” Global Witness says in a letter to House leaders Rep. Pelosi and Rep. McCarthy.