August 22, 2025
By Catalina Samaniego The Central American nation of Belize has become a bellwether about beneficial ownership transparency. However, limited attention has been given to the gaming and casino sector within this context. While the country has made...
By Leon Dawson, June 12, 2025
The Latin American and Caribbean countries that experience high levels of corruption can be ideal for laundering criminal proceeds. In a general manner, corruption erodes governance and institutions enabling weak oversight mechanisms for preventing and countering financial...
By Leon Dawson, February 10, 2025
Belize has made commendable strides in strengthening its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) framework, as reflected in the Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) of Belize (CFATF, 2025). Compared to its Third Round MER (2011),...
By Buse Egin, May 10, 2023
A pesar de los esfuerzos del gobierno, la tala ilegal ha sido un problema importante en Chile durante varias décadas, causando una variedad de problemas ambientales, sociales y económicos. Según el Banco Mundial, la tala ilegal en...
By Katherin Alfonso, April 20, 2023
Strengthening Efforts to Combat Environmental Crime and Illicit Financial Flows Colombia’s National Development Plan (Plan Nacional de Desarrollo, PND) is a key policy document, establishing a national strategy for the next four years of the presidential administration....
By Katherin Alfonso, April 20, 2023
Una perspectiva a la luz de la lucha contra los flujos financieros ilícitos y los delitos medioambientales El Plan Nacional de Desarrollo (PND) es uno de los proyectos de ley más importantes en Colombia, dado que plasma...
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...
By Francis Kairu, December 15, 2020
With support from Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), GFI organized a series of Swahili radio shows aimed at building community knowledge and understanding of illicit financial flows (IFFs) and the linkages to corruption and beneficial ownership....