FACT Policy Fellow Sofia Gonzalez interviewed Vivian Calderoni, Program and Research Coordinator at the Igarapé Institute, on the Institute’s work at the intersection of environmental and financial crime in Latin America.
FACT applauds the reintroduction of the FOREST Act, which would add illegal deforestation as a specified unlawful activity, or “predicate offense” for money laundering, empowering U.S. law enforcement to better track down and combat environmental crime.
As COP28 kicks off, FACT policy fellow Luke Rowe argues that the fight against dirty money from environmental crimes holds lessons for current efforts to ensure the integrity of the energy transition.
FACT Policy Fellow Sofia Gonzalez interviewed Bram Ebus, Lead Journalist and Research Coordinator at Amazon Underworld, on his work investigating illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon and the secrecy systems that allow illegal gold to make its way to U.S. markets.
FACT launches its latest report analyzing the linkages between U.S. financial secrecy and environmental crimes, the UK passes the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, and the EU Tax Observatory releases a new global tax evasion report.
FACT’s latest report assesses critical gaps in the U.S. anti-money laundering framework that have made the country a safe haven for illicit financial flows from environmental crimes.
