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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Sen. Pat Toomey blocks landmark reform legislation to fight global money laundering

FACT Government Affairs Director Erica Hanichak is quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

To transparency advocates like Erica Hanichak of the FACT Coalition, the failure of lawmakers to pass the legislation this year would be yet another missed chance to combat a threat that has been growing for decades.

“By not passing the ENABLERS Act, Congressional leaders send a signal to the rest of the world … that the United States isn’t eager to counter money laundering through our system. That would be the wrong message for Congress to send,” Ms. Hanichak said.

The full, original article is accessible at Post-Gazette’s website here.