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PODCAST | Cloaked in trade: Unmasking the underworld of trade-based money laundering
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, Podtail, ListenNotes, TuneIn In an increasingly interconnected global economy, the fight against financial crimes has become more complex and critical than ever. One form of illicit activity that poses considerable challenges to regulators, law enforcement agencies, and financial institutions is trade-based money laundering (TBML).
Financial Fraud in the Caribbean
Financial Fraud in the Caribbean The Caribbean has seen an uptick in financial crimes, including fraud schemes, in recent years. Financial fraud has a widespread footprint across the region, involving hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars in illicit proceeds each year, impacting the economic security of countries and the region as a whole, and generating a certain level of associated violence.
Financial Opacity Fueling Conflict
Financial Opacity Fueling Conflict By Tanner Clegg, November 22, 2022 As the best empirical data unfortunately indicate, violent conflicts are on the rise. After a precipitous drop in civil wars following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the number of active intrastate conflicts has ballooned over the past 15 years. Indeed, in 2019, 54 state-based conflicts were being waged, a post-WWII record. This uptick in civil wars demands comprehensive solutions.
Georgia: Behind the Offshore Veil « Global Financial Integrity
Offshore companies are one of the most important, if not the only, way for businesses to acquire investment capital in Georgia. Between 2010 and 2018 Georgia received more than $5 billion in investment from offshores. The Finance Minister of Georgia has even admitted that up to 70 percent of this investment from offshores is comprised of money that actually originated with Georgian investors.
A Recent College Graduate Discovers Offshore « Global Financial Integrity
Originally published by the Offshore Initiative on October 2, 2020. I didn’t discover the world of offshore and kleptocracy myself. It was my sister, Darcy Tuttle, who first explained it to me. Her work got her interested in the details of money laundering scandals. One day, she started explaining to me the role of London-based financial intuitions in these schemes – I happened to be studying abroad at Oxford at the time – and I was dumbfounded.
The United States of Anonymity « Global Financial Integrity
Originally published by the Offshore Initiative on October 1, 2020. At this point, it should come as no surprise that the U.S. is arguably the largest offshore and financial secrecy haven in the world. Look at any of the traditional tools associated with modern offshoring and kleptocracy, and it’s as clear as day why the U.S. leads the pack. Take anonymous shell companies, for instance. Company formation is handled at the state rather than federal level.
The Meaning of the FinCEN Files « Global Financial Integrity
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Ukraine: Between Offshore and Russia – Tough Neighborhood « Global Financial Integrity
Ukraine is corrupt. To be sure, many Ukrainians are fighting corruption, including the Anticorruption Action Centre, the NGO that I lead. But they cannot do it alone, because Ukraine’s corruption has roots that extend well beyond the country’s borders. Global offshore secrecy networks hide the ill-gotten fortunes of the powerful oligarchs who are intent on keeping Ukraine corrupt.
Offshore Finance Hurts Us—All of Us « Global Financial Integrity
Originally published by the Offshore Initiative on October 22, 2020. The economic harms of offshore finance are far-reaching, often involve illicit actors, and have burdened the world for decades. Consider Teodoro Obiang, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea (EG) since 1979, placing him among the longest serving national leaders in the world. Obiang has also looted his country’s coffers, including hundreds of millions of dollars from the country’s lucrative oil industry, over the course of his rule.
Financial Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: Understanding Country Challenges and Designing Effective Technical Responses « Global Financial Integrity
HomeReportsFinancial Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: Understanding Country Challenges and Designing Effective Technical Responses Financial Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: Understanding Country Challenges and Designing Effective Technical Responses By Julia Yansura, Channing Mavrellis, Lakshmi Kumar, Claudia Helms, October 15, 2021 Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) face a complex, dynamic and challenging financial crime landscape.
Transnational Crime and the Developing World « Global Financial Integrity
HomeReportsTransnational Crime and the Developing World Transnational Crime and the Developing World By Channing Mavrellis, CAMS, March 27, 2017 This March 2017 report from Global Financial Integrity, “Transnational Crime and the Developing World,” finds that globally the business of transnational crime is valued at an average of $1.6 trillion to $2.2 trillion annually.
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