Environmental Crimes Newsletter: Spring 2025
Read the latest edition of FACT’s biannual Environmental Crimes Newsletter, a round-up of recent news regarding efforts to combat environmental crimes and the dirty money associated with them.
Comment: FACT Calls on Lawmakers to Restore and Protect Landmark Financial Transparency Law
Congress must help restore the original scope and intent of the Corporate Transparency Act in light of clear evidence of the risks posed by anonymous shell companies to national security, law enforcement, U.S. consumers, and small businesses.
El Brillo Mortal del Oro: Cómo la Minería Ilegal Alienta la Violencia en Colombia
A medida que el precio del oro supera los $3,000 dólares por onza troy—un hito histórico impulsado por la inestabilidad geopolítica, el temor a la inflación y el debilitamiento del dólar estadounidense—los efectos se sienten en todo el mundo y subrayan el papel que juegan las finanzas ilícitas y la extracción ilegal de recursos en la intensificación de los conflictos.
A Deadly Gold Rush: How Soaring Prices Fuel Colombia’s Guerrilla Warfare
As gold prices surge past $3,000 per troy ounce—a historic milestone driven by geopolitical turmoil, inflation fears, and a weakening U.S. dollar— the effects are being felt around the world and underscore the role that illicit finance and illegally extracted resources play in fueling conflicts.
Law Enforcement, Members of Congress Protest Gutting of Corporate Transparency Act: Just the FACTs 4/3/25
The Treasury issues an interim final rule that guts the CTA, Law Enforcement and financial transparency experts protest, and a hearing on fraud prevention brought attention to the issue of anonymous shell companies.
Statement for the Record – Ownership Transparency is Essential to Combating Fraud
Read FACT’s official statement for the record submitted ahead of Tuesday’s HFSC subcommittee hearing on fraud prevention, including comments in opposition to H.R. 425. the Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act, which would fully repeal the Corporate Transparency Act.