Environmental crime, like poaching and illegal logging, is estimated to be the third-most lucrative illegal business worldwide.

'All of these crimes are a product of pervasive corruption,' says Susanne Breitkopf, Deputy Director of our Forest Campaigns, 'and crime thrives in the dark.'

Tuve el gusto de presentar sobre el 'El uso de estrategias ALD/CFT para combatir los delitos ambientales' en #Gelavex56 . Les agradezco mucho a las Unidades de Inteligencia Financiera de República Dominicana 🇩🇴 y Panamá 🇵🇦, así como a todo el equipo OEA/DDOT, por la invitación.

“EEUU debe entender que los delitos ambientales no son problemas de los otros países y reconocer que tiene un rol protagónico, que ha sido parte del problema, por lo que debe ser parte de la solución”, yo comenté a El Espectador en esta entrevista elespectador.com/ambiente/amazo…

Next month - Join me at International Anti-Corruption Conference in Lithuania to find solutions to ending transnational corruption linked to environmental crimes. #IACC2024 Wildlife Justice Commission Nature Crime Alliance FACT Coalition UN Office on Drugs & Crime iaccseries.org/iacc-2024/agen…

Zambia's debt restructuring includes huge increases in debt payments if things go better than expected by the IMF

But no fall in payments if Zambia is hit by more shocks

Surprise surprise, the people of Zambia are now suffering a huge climate disaster

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New blog: tackling illicit finance can protect nature and accelerate the climate transition.

The good news is we know how to fix this problem.

greenfunders.org/2024/05/07/cla…

Environmental Funders Network UK Anti-Corruption Coalition

Clamping down on illicit finance: new opportunities to protect nature and accelerate the climate transition - excellent piece by Alex Jacobs for Environmental Funders Network
highlighting FACT Coalition's work on nature crimes and illicit finance. greenfunders.org/2024/05/07/cla…

.Julia Yansura, Program Director, Illicit Finance & Environmental Crime FACT Coalition, during #GELAVEX56

Anonymous shell companies and other opaque structures aid those that seek to profit from #environmental destruction.

New The Hill coverage of U.S. complicity in nature crimes, featuring quotes from FACT's Julia Yansura and Environmental Investigation Agency U.S.'s Susanne Breitkopf.
thehill.com/policy/energy-…

A small number of lobbyists and corporations are campaigning to delay or even destroy the Corporate Transparency Act.

But the CTA is transitioning the US from a global haven for corrupt money, into a global leader in the fight against corruption.
citizensforethics.org/legal-action/t…

Three new briefs in the ongoing legal dispute surrounding the Corporate Transparency Act
'clearly demonstrate that the CTA is constitutional,' per FACT's Zorka Milin and Erica Hanichak.

Unmasking shell companies is a vital part of tacking dirty $ in the U.S.
thefactcoalition.org/the-corporate-…

New GFI, FACT Coalition Anti-Corruption Data Collective Report Highlights $2.6 billion #Laundered Through U.S. Commercial Real Estate.

Full report: gfintegrity.org/report/money-l…

The Corporate Transparency Act is Constitutional, Government and “Friend of the Court” Briefs Make Clear - new from FACT Coalition Erica Hanichak Zorka Milin thefactcoalition.org/the-corporate-…

Alongside 240 organisations and individuals, PWYP have signed a letter to authorities in #Azerbaijan demanding the unconditional release of #GubadIbadoghlu and immediate guarantees for his health 📢

#FreeGubad

Read the letter 👉bit.ly/4aZYdDo

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2021 country-by-country data are out:

US multinationals booked more profits in Ireland and Singapore than in the UK + Canada + Germany + Mexico + China + India combined

Congratulations to the highly productive Irish & Singapore workers*!

* and also to the tax accountants

Corruption and dirty money undermine the fight against climate change. Join the live-streamed sessions of this important event. lse.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

$240 BILLION = The amount 🇺🇸 lost in taxes from 296 large and consistently profitable U.S. corporations between 2018-2021 because of the Trump tax law. New @itep report. itep.org/corporate-taxe…

Great coverage of FACT's latest report, developed alongside Anti-Corruption Data Collective and Global Financial Integrity, on serious money laundering risks presented by the massive and opaque 🇺🇸 commercial real estate market.

Read the full report here: thefactcoalition.org/report/money-l…
miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

👀👇- Members of Congress weigh in with the appeals court. FACT Coalition's Zorka Milin tells Reuters 'We applaud the lawmakers for making a strong stand for Congress’ constitutional powers to protect the US financial system from terrorists...' tax.thomsonreuters.com/news/corporate…

READ - Commercial real estate, where complexity meets opacity, presents important money laundering risks. Time for Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to close this loophole. Check out the new report from FACT Coalition Global Financial Integrity Anti-Corruption Data Collective thefactcoalition.org/report/money-l…