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PROTECT U.S. LANDMARK ANTI-BRIBERY LAW

U.S. Hits New Low in Corruption Index on Pay to Play Culture

Statements & Press Releases

U.S. Hits New Low in Global Corruption Index

Shell Companies Let a Parade of Horribles into the U.S. Financial System. This Year, We’re ...

Which Countries Are Considered the Most Corrupt?

KickBack: The Global Anticorruption Podcast

Changes in Policies, Not Personalities, will Improve Perception of Corruption in the U.S.

Statements & Press Releases

U.S. Congress Should Move Quickly to Pass the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act

Radio Free Asia

Cambodia Energy Chiefs Tied to U.S. Property Worth 5 Million

Statements & Press Releases

Proposed U.S. Rule Ill-Equipped to Prevent Secret Payments by Oil, Gas, Forestry & Mining Co...

SEC Rule Fails to Curb Bribery by Extractive Companies

Global Coalition calls for Safeguards to Prevent Looting of Coronavirus Relief Funds

Statements & Press Releases

US CONGRESS MUST PROACTIVELY PREVENT CORRUPTION FROM DERAILING CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

U.S. President Rejects Oversight of Covid Relief Bill

Protect the Next Wuhan Whistleblower

Stop Illegal Blog

Stemming the Flow of Illicit Money

Statements & Press Releases

CORE ACT CAN HELP ENSURE THE U.S.’S UNPRECEDENTED SPENDING IS MET WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCOUNTABILI...

Five Ways the Core Act Would Excise Corruption From the U.S. Governments Response to the Coronavirus

Coronavirus Shows We Need More International Cooperation, Not Less

Harris Introduces Legislation to Require Transparency of Small Business Loans Amid Covid-19 Crisis

Statements & Press Releases

NEW TRANSPARENCY BILL WOULD ENSURE U.S. GOVERNMENT DISCLOSES RECIPIENTS OF $600 BILLION BAILOUT

U.S. Makes Progress on Legislation to Prevent Illicit Financial Flows

Despite sanctions, the networks of Venezuela’s corrupt elite continue to reach the United States

Statements & Press Releases

U.S. HOUSE APPROVES LANDMARK ANTI-CORRUPTION LEGISLATION TO REIN IN ANONYMOUS COMPANIES

The U.S. Is a Haven for Money Laundering. That Might Be About to Change.

Corruption, Devastation and My Time in Beirut

Corporate Tax Disclosure Could Be A Matter Of How, Not If

Money Laundering and the Next Recovery Package

Statements & Press Releases

FinCEN Files Spotlight Failure of Decades-Old Anti-Money Laundering Laws

International Bar Association

Policing the World in the 21st Century

Project on Government Oversight

Lamborghinis, Strip Clubs, Bogus Companies, and Lies

Statements & Press Releases

Active Anti-Bribery Enforcement Drops Globally

As the internet and social media drown in opaque political ads, U.S. reform efforts have gone now...

Offshore Initiative

Offshore Finance Hurts Us—All of Us

Erie Times-News

President-elect Joe Biden’s hometown of Wilmington, Delaware is a hub for secrets

Gabon’s First Family Stashed Cash in DC Property

Flight of the Monarch: US Gov’t Contracted Airline Once Owned by Russian Criminals

Lawmakers clinch deal on decadelong fight against shell companies

Biden Expected to Put the World’s Kleptocrats on Notice

Statements & Press Releases

Landmark Anti-Corruption Provisions Included in Annual Defense Bill

US poised to overhaul the country’s anti-money laundering legislation

Washington Free Beacon

Defense Bill Targets Wallets of Rogue States, Terrorists

Washington Post

Congress bans anonymous shell companies after long campaign by anti-corruption groups

Advocates celebrate major US anti-money laundering victory

A divided Congress finds common ground in fighting foreign corruption

Statements & Press Releases

Biden Administration and New Congress Must Crack Down on Corruption

Why Can’t the SEC Just Agree That Bribing Foreign Governments Is Bad?

Statements & Press Releases

New Rule to Curb Corruption in Oil, Gas and Mining Falls Woefully Short

The US signs death warrant for anonymous companies

Statements & Press Releases

New Measures in Pandemic Response Bill Would Make Clear that Anti-Corruption, Anti-Fraud, and Ant...

Washington Examiner

US bans anonymous shell companies, passing ‘historic’ anti-corruption legislation

Statements & Press Releases

Historic Anti-Corruption Measures Become Law

The Independent

US passes ‘historic’ anti-corruption law that effectively bans anonymous shell companies

International Business Times

US Closes Key Money-laundering, Tax Evasion Channel

World Is One News

Key money-laundering channel in US shut down by new law

Long Sought US Anti-Money Laundering Bill to Ban Anonymous Companies

Wall Street Journal

Defense Act Expands Scope of Foreign Bank Records U.S. Authorities Can Obtain

Seven things to watch after historic anti-money laundering overhaul in the US

Statements & Press Releases

Pair of anticorruption bills would create valuable new tools for combatting global corruption

Explained: The Corporate Transparency Act

Corruption, Crime & Compliance

The Corporate Transparency Act: Interview of Scott Greytak, Transparency International, and Erica...

New York Daily News

True corporate transparency now: A new legislative tool will help fight fraud and terrorism, but ...

A new era for combatting illicit finance

Statements & Press Releases

U.S. is a Country to Watch in the New Corruption Perceptions Index

24/7 Wall Street

US Position on Global Corruption Index Worsens

Report: Corruption in U.S. at Worst Levels in Almost a Decade

Wall Street Journal

Corruption Contributing to Public Health Crisis, Anti-Graft Group Says

U.S. government’s corruption score gets even worse in global rating

Statements & Press Releases

Pair of anticorruption bills would create valuable new tools for combatting global corruption

Statements & Press Releases

A Bipartisan Plan to Combat Global Corruption

Advocates push for US to embrace role as global anti-corruption champion

Corruption in the US: Is Change Coming?

Statements & Press Releases

Just-passed House bill would protect American democracy from foreign corruptive influence

Voice of America

Former USAGM CEO Paid $1 Million to Investigate Staff, Documents Show

Going after the ‘Achilles’ heel’: Biden charges into global anti-corruption fight

Redaction Report

Washington goes after foreign corruption with CROOK Act

Corruption Is a National Security Threat. The CROOK Act Is a Smart Way to Fight It.

Congress Can Do Better to Fight Weaponized Corruption

Five ways Biden could crack down on dirty money and financial secrecy

The fight against offshore crime — a fight embodied by Panama Papers — will be long campaign

Statements & Press Releases

House Committee Passes Key Anticorruption Bill with Bipartisan Support

Representative Malinowski and Senator Whitehouse Urge Biden Administration to Take Aggressive Exe...

Statements & Press Releases

Treasury Dept. Should Issue Comprehensive Rules to Combat Financial Corruption

The CROOK Act offers rare opportunity for bipartisanship on immigration

How America Became the Money Laundering Capital of the World

Considerations for the Upcoming U.S. Beneficial Ownership Registry

Statements & Press Releases

Fighting Corruption Around the World Promotes Security at Home

The Independent

This is how hackers bring down American companies — why won’t Senators talk about it?

Radio Free Europe

“The biggest package of sanctions we have ever seen.”

Statements & Press Releases

Bill Spotlights Efforts to Return Stolen Assets to Victims of Corruption

Statements & Press Releases

New Caucus Will Lead Fight Against Global Corruption

Statements & Press Releases

Tackling Transnational Corruption Now a Priority for U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Efforts

Biden targets children, spouses in visa crackdown on world’s villains

Statements & Press Releases

House Foreign Affairs Committee Passes Key Anticorruption Measure in China-Focused Bill

Statements & Press Releases

New Bill to Combat Demand-Side of Foreign Bribery is a “Triple Bottom Line”

Business Insider

America’s best defense against China’s mushrooming international corruption is dangli...

Financial Times

‘A gaping loophole’: dirty money fight still unfinished 20 years after 9/11

Statements & Press Releases

Congress Unveils Bipartisan Package to Fight Foreign Corruption

Statements & Press Releases

House Approves Half Dozen Measures to Fight Foreign Corruption via Defense Bill

Pandora Papers: A Money Bomb With Political Ripples

American Prospect

The Corporate State of Delaware

South Dakota mentioned numerous times in Pandora Papers report

Pandora Papers: A mega wealthy man from the region’s poorest country — and his Miami palace

Lawmakers, inspired by ‘Pandora Papers,’ to push new anti-corruption bill

Shining new light on tax havens

Our most valuable lessons from the Pandora Papers

Corruption, Crime & Compliance

Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Discussing the Biden Administration’s memo on foreign corrup...

Statements & Press Releases

Congress Unveils New Bipartisan Bill to Fight Foreign Bribery

Rick Smith Show

TI-US Advocacy Director Scott Greytak Discusses the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA)

Senator Whitehouse Calls on FinCEN to Expand, Make Permanent a Vital Weapon in the Fight against ...

Can Federal Legislation Rein in South Dakota Trusts?

Statements & Press Releases

Massive and Opaque U.S. Private Investment Industry Presents Major National Security and Corrupti...

Wall Street Journal

Private Equity Faces Calls for Tougher Rules Against Money Laundering

Statements & Press Releases

Biden Administration Strategy Signals New Chapter in Fight Against Global Corruption

Statements & Press Releases

Anti-Corruption Advocates Welcome Creation of New Inter-Parliamentary Alliance Against Kleptocracy

Statements & Press Releases

Draft Corporate Transparency Rule Gets it Right

Wall Street Journal

U.S. Aims to Peel Back Shell Companies by Requiring New Ownership Rules

Voice of America

US Announces Comprehensive Plan to Battle Public Corruption

Inside Biden’s ‘summit for democracy’ amid pressure to make virtual meetings me...

Voice of America

As Democracy Summit Wraps, US Restricts Exports of Cyber Tools Used for Repression

Statements & Press Releases

Summit for Democracy: First Outcomes Show Promise

Wall Street Journal

The Achievements of the Summit for Democracy

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

With shadowy money, Ukraine oligarch became Cleveland’s biggest landlord

Statements & Press Releases

New Law Protects Those Who Call Out Corruption

Anticorruption Conversations

TI-US Advocacy Director Scott Greytak Discusses the U.S. Strategy on Countering Corruption

Statements & Press Releases

US Score Holds Steady, Still at Low Point in Latest Corruption Perceptions Index

Study finds U.S. no longer among the 25 least corrupt countries

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Statements & Press Releases

House Passes Four Anticorruption Bills via “America COMPETES Act”

We Found The Real Names Of Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Pseudonymous Founders

Wall Street Journal

FinCEN’s Corporate Ownership Rules Stir Debate From Banking, Small Business Groups

Rick Smith Show

TI-US Advocacy Director Scott Greytak Discusses the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index and Western...

Secret Documents Show It’s Not Going To Be Easy To Seize Russian Oligarchs’ Money

Washington Post

Rich oligarchs with private jets may be able to evade a U.S. ban on Russian planes

Where are Russia’s oligarchs hiding their wealth?

Washington Post

Businesses are fleeing Russia. McDonald’s and Pizza Hut are sticking around.

Putin’s war in Ukraine boosts anti-corruption crusaders

Early signs of Russian pullback in real estate

Statements & Press Releases

Transatlantic Task Force to Track Russian Dirty Money has Critical Role

Biden Wants to Crack Down on Foreign Corruption. Here’s How.

Statements & Press Releases

Government Funding Bill Boosts Resources to Find Illicit Cash

Russian Oligarchs Hide Money in Plain Sight in Luxury New York City Condos

Washington Post

The search for oligarchs’ wealth in U.S. hindered is by investment loopholes

‘There is literally no paper trail’: How Russia experts say Putin hides a fortune

Peters, Grassley, Hassan & Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Conflicts of In...

Chronicle of Philanthrophy

Corrupt Financial Systems Help Russian Oligarchs and Hurt Ordinary People. Philanthropy Must Do M...

Whitehouse, Cassidy, Warren, Wicker Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Clamp Down on Hidden Oligarch As...

Statements & Press Releases

Leading Global Anti-Corruption Organization Moves to Strengthen U.S. Presence

Statements & Press Releases

Reapproval of Anticorruption Tool Will Help Hold Kleptocrats Accountable

Institutional Investor

Bill Browder Warned Westerners Not to Take Russian Oligarch Money. They Should Have Listened.

Statements & Press Releases

Secret Sanctions Relief for Allegedly Corrupt Billionaire Demands Scrutiny

Statements & Press Releases

Largest Global Anti-Corruption Conference to be Held in Washington, D.C. in 2022

American Prospect

How Oligarchs Stash Money in Foreign Real Estate

Global Anticorruption Blog

Kickback: The Global Anticorruption Podcast Featuring Gary Kalman

Statements & Press Releases

New Index Ranks U.S. #1 in Offering Financial Secrecy to the Criminal and Corrupt

Statements & Press Releases

Congress Includes Substantial Anticorruption Funding in Latest Package to Address Crisis in Ukraine

Russian Billions Hidden in US Spur Backlash to Financial Secrecy

Statements & Press Releases

New Report Finds Significant Obstacles to Uncovering Assets of Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs

Asset Registry Needed To End Lawless Wealth, Experts Say

TI U.S. Advocacy Director Scott Greytak Discusses Transnational Corruption on Deconstructed

Statements & Press Releases

New Bipartisan Bill Would Bar Former Military & Political Leaders from Lobbying for Foreign ...

Golden, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Combat Foreign Influence in Washington

Business Insider

See the 5 shell companies the FBI alleges Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich used to purchase $400...

Statements & Press Releases

Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on American Enablers of Global Corruption Included in Defense Bill

Statements & Press Releases

House Appropriations Committee Votes to Increase Funding to Combat Illicit Finance

U.S. Advances Legislation to Stop Enablers of Money Laundering

Why Russian Wealth is So Hard to Find

Senators push for stricter rules on companies advising the U.S. and adversaries like China and Ru...

Ernst Works Across the Aisle to Prevent Chinese, Russian Influence in National Security Contracting

Statements & Press Releases

House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on American Enablers of Global Corruption

Bill Would Add To Those Required To Report Suspect Dealings

Rick Smith Show

TI U.S. Advocacy Director Scott Greytak Discusses the ENABLERS Act

Thomson Reuters

Revised US House bill sets AML rules for professional-services “gatekeepers”

TI U.S. Advocacy Director Scott Greytak and the FACT Coalition’s Erica Hanichak Discuss the...

Congress Needs to Work Together to Box in Corrupt Foreign Governments

American Real Estate Was a Money Launderer’s Dream. That’s Changing.

Congress should pass ENABLERS Act to reduce money laundering in places like Miami

Statements & Press Releases

Media advisory: International Anti-Corruption Conference to be held December 6-10

New US company owner database ‘taking way too long’ to implement, experts warn

Statements & Press Releases

Corporate Transparency Rule is Critical Step to Effectively Protecting U.S. Financial System Agai...

Statements & Press Releases

Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on American Enablers of Corruption Filed in Senate

Washington Post

It’s time to shut down the foreign dictator lobbying racket

Statements & Press Releases

U.S. is One of Only Two Countries Actively Enforcing Anti-Bribery Laws

Business Insider

Rich Russians offered a Caribbean shortcut to US visas by paying their way to a Grenadian passport

San Francisco Standard

How a Mega-Rich Oligarch Linked to Putin Derailed a Bay Area Homeless Shelter

Bill For Tougher AML Rules On Attys Faces Senate Opposition

Wall Street Journal

Senate Weighs Expansion of Money-Laundering Rules

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Sen. Pat Toomey blocks landmark reform legislation to fight global money laundering

Experts Urge ENABLERS Act Passage Despite Senate Setback

Statements & Press Releases

Treasury Takes Next Important Step to Implement Landmark Anti-Money Laundering Law

Statements & Press Releases

Important Anti-Corruption Funding in Spending Package Gets the US Closer to What is Needed

Statements & Press Releases

2022 Corruption Perceptions Index Reveals Cycle of Corruption, Organized Crime and Instability in...

Voice of America

Report: Advanced Economies Complicit in Transnational Corruption

Washington Post

U.S. corruption rating stagnates in new report

Dallas Republicans Support Greater City Transparency

TI Executive Director Examines Suboptimal US Corruption Index Score

White House Chronicle

Ranking public sector corruption in the U.S. and abroad

Wall Street Journal

American Lawyers and Financial Crime

Global Anticorruption Blog

FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Proposal: Invitation to Evasion

American Banker

Russian oligarchs hide money in U.S. Only reliable data can stop them.

American Bar Association Considers Overhauling Client Due Diligence Expectations

United States Must Stop Dirty Money from Undermining Democracy in Africa

U.S. Treasury faces a wave of criticism over faltering push to unmask anonymous companies and tra...

Transparency Groups Back Treasury In Suit Over AML Law

American Lawyers Can Cater to the Corrupt. The ABA Should Act.

Wealth Management

FinCEN Will Soon Release Proposals for New Real Estate Regulations. How Will This Affect Investor...

MoneyLaundering.com

House Bills Raise Pressure on FinCEN Over Beneficial Ownership Registry Rollout

Special Report: US, Swedish prosecutors study graft complaint naming son of Turkey’s Erdogan

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Homes in the shadows: Out-of-state LLCs often conceal ownership of Allegheny County’s dangerous a...

Statements & Press Releases

Treasury Names New Financial Intelligence Director

Statements & Press Releases

Congressional Leaders Unveil Bicameral, Bipartisan Bill to Protect Americans from Bribery Abroad

FinCEN Rules Ignore Law’s Intent, AML Experts Say

New FinCEN head appointed as concerns grow over stalled US company registry

Statements & Press Releases

Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Protect Americans from Bribery Abroad

The U.S. Is Finally Trying to Fix Its Money-Laundering Problem

Washington Times

Scott Greytak Discusses the U.S.’s Money Laundering Problem on the Washington Times’s...

Wall Street Journal

American Bar Association Votes to Amend Rule on Client Due Diligence

Attacking foreign corruption blunts China’s malign economic influence

TI US Guest Post in Global Anticorruption Blog: Corporate Transparency Is Easy

Statements & Press Releases

US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to include important governance and anti-corruption provis...

US Shell Company Crackdown Could Stymie LatAm Money Launderers

Statements & Press Releases

Congress Passes Landmark Law to Criminally Prosecute Corrupt Foreign Leaders

Global AnticorruptionBlog

Guest Post: Despite Serious Flaws, U.S. Safeguards Against Political Corruption Can Serve as Mode...

Radical Compliance

FEPA: A Huge Step on Foreign Bribery

Statements & Press Releases

Treasury Finalizes Rule to Implement Landmark Anti-Money Laundering Law

Statements & Press Releases

President Biden Signs into Law Landmark Bill to Criminally Prosecute Corrupt Foreign Leaders

Wall Street Journal

U.S. Prosecutors Can Charge Foreign Officials With Bribery Under New Provision

Biden signs record $886 billion defense bill into law

New U.S. rule targeting real estate money laundering slated for early 2024

Rounds, Republicans urge FinCEN to delay beneficial ownership requirement

Voice of America

US Prosecutors Can Now Charge Foreign Officials With Bribery

The Business Journals

Corporate Transparency Act will require millions of businesses to disclose ownership details or f...

New US company ownership database faces continued political attacks weeks after launch

Statements & Press Releases

Media Advisory: Corruption Perceptions Index to be published on January 30th, 2024

Statements & Press Releases

Transparency International Releases the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index

NJ Spotlight News

Why Menendez’s defense may rest on this landmark Supreme Court ruling

Agence France-Presse

US Could Jail Foreign Officials Under New Bribery Law

Global Anti-Corruption Fight Is Fizzling, Study Says

Global Anticorruption Blog

Does Congress Really Want to Relax Corruption Controls on U.S. Arms Sales?

Statements & Press Releases

House Approves Limits to Key Anti-Corruption Checks on U.S. Arms Sales

Statements & Press Releases

U.S. Treasury Proposes Anti-Money Laundering Safeguards for Real Estate Sector

Accounting Today

FinCEN wants to crack down on real estate money laundering

US takes aim at real estate money laundering

Compliance Week

Anti-fraud groups praise FinCEN AML proposal for real estate transactions

Statements & Press Releases

U.S. Treasury Proposes Anti-Money Laundering Rule for Investment Advisers

Statements & Press Releases

U.S. Initiatives to Counter Corrupt and Terrorist Finance and Other Financial Crimes Get Hearing ...

Wall Street Journal

New Rules Will Force Buyout Firms to Flag Suspicious Investments

Statements & Press Releases

Ruling Re-Opens U.S. to Corrupt and Criminal Cash

Wall Street Journal

Judge Strikes Down Law Requiring Corporate-Ownership Disclosure

The Secrets Factory

Federal act seeks to unveil ownership secrecy

Experts Say Drug Cartels Launder Illicit Profits Through US Private Sector

Transparency International

The U.S. Foreign Extortion Prevention Act: a new tool in the fight against global corruption

Statements & Press Releases

New Report Details Security Risks Related to Opaque Defense Contract Payments

President Biden, If Democracy is on the Ballot, Act Now to Protect it

Statements & Press Releases

Anticorruption Coalition Files Legal Brief Ahead of Court Ruling on Landmark Law

South Florida Business & Wealth

New Federal Law Addresses Criminal Enterprise’s Ownership Concealment

Texas-Style Money Laundering

House Small Business Committee

Velázquez Examines Impact of Anti-Money Laundering Law on Small Businesses During Committee Hearing

Statements & Press Releases

Public Citizen and Transparency International U.S. Oppose FEC Resolution to Ease Donor Disclosure...

Statements & Press Releases

Transparency International

Statement on the Revised Recommendation of the OECD Council on Transparency and Integrity in Lobb...

Statements & Press Releases

Supreme Court Undercuts Federal Enforcement of Anti-Bribery Law

American Ground Radio

How the ENABLERS Act Can Combat Transnational Drug Trafficking

Statements & Press Releases

Links Between Weak Governance and Unsustainable Debt in IMF Loan Programs Require Action

Statements & Press Releases

New Bipartisan Bill Would Restore Anti-Corruption Law After U.S. Supreme Court Decision

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Federal Grand Jury Probes Ukrainian Oligarch in Major U.S. Money Laundering Case

Trump and Harris Hear From the Megadonors. What the Big Money Wants in Return.

Crackdown on Money Laundering Covers All-Cash Home Sales

Statements & Press Releases

Treasury Finalizes New Anticorruption Safeguards for U.S. Real Estate Sector and Private Investme...

Financial Times

The Kleptocrats Aren’t Just Stealing Money. They’re Stealing Democracy.

Statements & Press Releases

New Senate Bill Would Restore Anti-Corruption Law After U.S. Supreme Court Decision