Press Coverage

Who Owns That Penthouse? Now No One Will Know

FACT executive director Ian Gary was quoted by New York Magazine in their coverage of the Treasury’s decision to exempt US entities from filing beneficial ownership information.

“That was essentially gutting the Corporate Transparency Act by fiat”

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Gold hits $3,000 per ounce

FACT program director for environmental crime and illicit finance Julia Yansura was interviewed for BBC World Business Report on the rising price of gold and its implications for the illegal mining, trafficking, and money-laundering industries.

“The best way to curb this problem is not by focusing on the mining site,” said Yansura. “Rather, we should be using financial strategies from the anti money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML/CFT) toolbox. For example, it’s important to know who is actually behind the companies involved in the export or import of gold.”

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