We're getting close to the launch of our paper on unknown owners of commercial shipping and the risks to banks, insurers and port security. Join
Global Financial Integrity S&P Global Oceana & IIBLP
at 10:00 on April 13 in person or virtually
#Transparency #Security

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Promises to be fascinating. Come check it out!

Looking forward to the launch of our paper on unknown owners of commercial shipping and the risks to banks, insurers and port security. Join Global Financial Integrity S&P Global Oceana and IIBLP at 10:00 on April 13 in person or virtually. #Transparency #security

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The amazing and ever creative ways that gold is smuggled.

Mumbai airport customs seize over 2kg #smuggled gold dust in wax form dropped off by transiting Indian passengers with lounge staff
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🚨 Gold Mafia: Ep. 1 - The Skeleton Key

Listen to Al Jazeera Investigations new podcast featuring our Policy Director Lakshmi Kumar as she sheds light on the intricate web of illicit gold trade in #Africa . #GoldMafia2
Kevin Hirten
Full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gol…

The US must safeguard democracy by combatting corruption trib.al/bluA2xv

Via Ian Gary

Excited to be among the first innovators in the Countering Transnational Corruption Grand Challenge’s growing network!

#GoldMafia

#JournalismIsNotACrime

The Gold Mafia has a novel solution in mind.
It involves small airplanes and off-the-books gold refineries.
“It’s just pure money laundering scheme,” says global gold trade expert Lakshmi Kumar.
“One that I’ve not come across.” (3)
#GoldMafia

Happy to be speaking on Treasury Department panel on 'Countering Corruption and Illicit Finance' tomorrow at 10:30 AM. The panel will feature remarks from Secretary Janet Yellen . Please find more information and the link to access the live stream below. FATF IMF
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It was an honor to attend today's Hearing Entitled: Follow the Money: The CCP’s Business Model Fueling the Fentanyl Crisis, March 23, 2023, before the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions…lnkd.in/dm6KgcFc

The I-Unit surveillance team is on the tail of gold couriers.
The undercover team expose routes couriers take to smuggle illegal gold out of Zimbabwe and bring millions of dollars back into the country undetected.
Watch #GoldMafia now.

Check out Lakshmi Kumar in a new Al Jazeera English documentary on #moneylaundering #illicitgoldtrade and more. . .

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My new article out today on #IFFs and #opacity . A bit of history, some current events and a gentle nudge to Olaf Scholz to be the Euro. leader pushing to defeat #corruption #moneylaundering and the dark places that facilitate the hiding of dirty money.

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Domestic revenue collection remains a challenge due to Illicit Financial Flows(IFFs) like Trade-Based Money Laundering(TBML). This is according to the latest policy memo authored by ACODE and its partners- acode-u.org/uploadedFiles/…) and in the Daily Monitor of 28th Feb, 2023.

Excellent coverage of our ongoing work on TBML in Uganda. Daily Monitor Norad Global Financial Integrity

Today, I officially embark on a new adventure, working full time at Thinkillustrate! I’m ever so grateful to Global Financial Integrity, where I got to work with the most passionate people, who inspired me to keep working for the greater good. Kwaheri GFI, habari Thinkillustrate!

Trade-Based Money Laundering needs to be addressed to maximize revenue collection. Below is a simple definition.

Illicit financial flows in Ghana common in fishing industry, forex bureaux, imports and exports
bit.ly/3hAnxcF #Ghana #StoptheBleeding #IllcitFinancialFlows #StopTheBleeding Global Financial Integrity Lakshmi Kumar High Level Panel on IFFs from Africa