Georgia: Behind the Offshore Veil
By Katherin Alfonso, Nino Evgenidze, May 1, 2022
Offshore companies are one of the most important, if not the only, way for businesses to acquire investment capital in Georgia.
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Whistleblowing: Vital to Combatting Offshore
By Katherin Alfonso, Tom Mueller, May 1, 2022
Whistleblowers are vital to revealing and combatting illegal offshoring activity, and to identifying the networks of “respectable” white collar enablers who make these crimes possible.
A Conversation with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
By Katherin Alfonso, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, April 28, 2022
Author and journalist Ben Judah interviews Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about ways that secrecy jurisdictions and offshore tax evasion are destabilizing global economies and ways that the U.S. Government can help de-create the offshore system.
How Offshores Are Bringing Russia to Its Knees
By Katherin Alfonso, Drew Sullivan, April 28, 2022
No country has used offshores more than Russia. In many ways, offshore companies have become integral parts of the Russian economy.
On Lost Tax Revenue
By Katherin Alfonso, Jack Blum, April 26, 2022
Jack Blum, DC Forum Executive Committee member, discusses the devastating impact of hidden money in offshore accounts has on tax revenue for the United States and other global economies.
$50 Trillion Offshore with James S. Henry
By Katherin Alfonso, James S. Henry, March 6, 2022
Investigative journalist and economist James S. Henry on new numbers for the amount of money stashed in offshore tax havens.
Regulating ‘Acres of Money Laundering’: Time for FinCEN to craft a robust rule for transparency in the real estate sector
By Kaisa de Bel, February 22, 2022
On December 6, U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit public comment for Anti-Money Laundering regulations in real estate transactions. These regulatory efforts are long overdue. The...
CFT is Meant to Counter Terrorists, Not Democratic Opposition
By Julia Yansura, January 13, 2022
As Global Financial Integrity’s new report, “Financial Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean,” makes clear, the Western Hemisphere faces a number of security challenges and financial crime threats. The same problems that make the region one...