FACT Submits Comment to the SEC to Amend Form PF and Secure the U.S. Financial System
Requiring private fund advisers to conduct and report basic customer due diligence is key for defending U.S. financial markets from bad and corrupt actors.
Enforce U.S. Sanctions and Protect the U.S. Financial System
Inadequate funding for the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) jeopardizes the enforcement of new U.S. sanctions in light of President Putin’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine.
Following Illicit Financial Flows from Africa to the U.S.
As a reporter in Uganda, I often saw how access to quality health care and education was limited because of low government revenues and budget allocations. While Uganda and other African countries are certainly recipients of foreign aid from the West, and generate their own tax revenues, it is also clear that illicit financial flows are bleeding out of the African continent, enabled in part by the policies of the West. We now need new partnerships with Africa to “stop the bleeding.”
Financial Secrecy Feeds Kleptocracy and Environmental Destruction. Now is the Time for the U.S. and the World to Act on Beneficial Ownership Reform
Operating in financial secrecy, bad actors are free to profit from environmental degradation, and in doing so undermine the global fight against climate change. As global leaders make new commitments this week at COP26, it’s time that politicians promise to shine a light on global financial secrecy, particularly the use of anonymous shell companies, as a crucial climate reform.
Massive “Pandora Papers” Financial Secrecy Leaks Highlight Need for U.S. Reforms
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, along with major news outlets such as the Washington Post, yesterday revealed the largest leak of private financial records to date, eclipsing the Panama Papers in scope and scale. The “Pandora Papers” confirm the use of a secretive “offshore” financial system that allows criminals, world leaders, and others to hide billions of dollars from authorities, fueling tax dodging and corruption.
FACT Coalition Welcomes Recommended Financial Transparency and Accountability Reforms in UN Panel Report
The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition welcomed the final report from a UN panel shining a spotlight on the need to fight illicit financial flows and raise government revenues through global tax reform.