By Lionel Bassega, November 24, 2020
Global trade is widely recognized as the lifeblood of a growing economy. However, according to the Wolfsberg’s Group Trade Finance Principles, financial institutions involved in trade financing cannot easily identify instances of over- or under-invoicing (or any...
By Claudia Helms, November 17, 2020
In the fight against international financial crimes, some of the greatest tools at a country’s disposal are strong laws promoting and enforcing transparency in beneficial ownership. Last month, the Colombian Congress introduced a bill to address beneficial...
November 16, 2020
By Brooke Tunstall Corporate tax avoidance is an open secret in the world of multinational enterprises. Hiding behind loose laws and revenue reporting standards around the globe, these international corporations obscure profits and losses to a degree...
November 2, 2020
By Sue Ryu In resource rich, commodity-dependent developing nations such as Chile, the issue of trade misinvoicing is not only highly prevalent, but of great negative consequence for public welfare. Chile ranks on the higher end of...
October 29, 2020
BY NELSON LEONOR Central American ports have long been vulnerable to organized crime and narcotics trafficking, and despite billions of dollars spent attempting to combat the drug trade, a number of recent cases from Guatemala and Honduras...
September 2, 2020
By Helene Church GFI’s 2011 annual report titled “Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2000–2009” served as evidence in the prosecution of Rifaat al-Assad, brother of the former Syrian president, Hafez al-Assad, and uncle of current president...
By Lionel Bassega, September 1, 2020
Trade misinvoicing is a persistent and significant feature of international trade transactions. It is a primary means of illicitly shifting funds in and out of a country. It occurs when importers and exporters deliberately falsify the prices,...
August 21, 2020
This piece is part of a series to highlight the voices and work of women in the transparency field, as part of Global Financial Integrity’s work coordinating the Women in Transparency Network. This interview features Isabelle Kermeen,...