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.
With additional resources from the Andes-Amazon Initiative, FACT will work to close regulatory loopholes, increase enforcement efforts, and improve collaboration between the U.S. and governments in the Andes-Amazon region to mitigate illicit financial flows from environmental crimes in the Amazon.
The Senior Policy Advisor for Environmental Crimes and Illicit Finance will lead and manage the FACT Coalition secretariat’s growing portfolio of work at the intersection of environmental and financial crime.
A full recording is now available for the launch of FACT’s new report analyzing the linkages between U.S. financial secrecy and environmental crimes in the Amazon region.
