Amazon region environmental crime investigations often fail to ‘follow the money’: Report
FACT’s new report detailing money laundering typologies associated with environmental crimes in the Amazon region was covered by The Hill’s Zack Budryk.
Manufacturers Push for Preservation of TCJA International Rates
FACT’s comment letter to the House Ways and Means Committee was cited in coverage of the key corporate international tax provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to take effect after 2025.
New US Rules Try to Make it Harder for Criminals to Launder Money by Paying Cash for Homes
FACT executive director Ian Gary was quoted in coverage of Treasury’s new anti-money laundering regulations for residential real estate transactions by the Associated Press’ Fatima Hussein.
“After years of advocacy by lawmakers, anti-money laundering experts and civil society, the era of unmitigated financial secrecy and impunity for financial criminals in the U.S. seems to finally be over,” said Gary.
New US Treasury Plan Targets Criminal Groups Profiting from the Destruction of the Amazon
FACT program director for environmental crime and illicit finance Julia Yansura was quoted in coverage of the recently-announced Amazon Initiative by ICIJ’s Brenda Medina.
SEC Asked For Public Tax Reporting By Group With $2.3T
FACT policy director Zorka Milin was quoted in coverage of the recently-filed SEC tax transparency petition in coverage by Law360’s Kevin Pinner.
How the US Financial System Helps Shelter Profits from Environmental Organized Crime
In recent coverage by The Hill, FACT program director for environmental crime Julia Yansura outlined linkages between the U.S. financial secrecy system and nature crimes like illegal mining in the Amazon region.