Allowing environmental, conservation, and anti-corruption organisations to access export invoices and trade data to identify misinvoicing could help curb environmental crime, including illegal mining, logging, fishing, and wildlife trafficking, according to a virtual convention on environmental crime related illicit financial… Read More ›

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Stakeholders respond to the FATF consultation on transparency and beneficial ownership draft amendments
Several stakeholders have commented on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) draft amendments to its Recommendation 25 (R25) on the transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements (Trade-based Financial Crime, 29 June 2022). Financial institutions are amongst those stakeholders the… Read More ›
FACT Coalition “applauds” proposals for revised US beneficial ownership reporting
A non-partisan alliance of more than 100 US and international organisations working toward a fair tax system has “applauded” the proposal by the US treasury department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) for revised rules on beneficial ownership information reporting requirements (Trade-based… Read More ›