illicit finance

Legislative and administrative accommodation of the crypto industry pose fundamental challenges to control over money and credit.

Despite efforts for transparency, the minerals trade still fuels conflict and corruption; only joint action and accountability can ensure resources benefit communities.

After years of detrimental side effects from the Financial Action Task Force's power, a course correction is overdue.

In many countries, it is possible for young children -- even babies -- to be corporate shareholders, offering a workaround for their parents.

EJ Hogendoorn and John Prendergast are two leading experts on the conflict in Sudan, but they have different views on the way forward. The dialogue below highlights their ideas…

Only when the parties see that their financial interests are in jeopardy will they be willing to seriously negotiate.

Stronger tools are needed for regulators to identify the true owners of financial holdings.

A public beneficial ownership registry, accessible to civil society and journalists, is integral to anti-corruption efforts.

Review: Casey Michel's book, “American Kleptocracy,” tells the tale of US financial secrecy via two of the world’s great kleptocrats.

Congress and the Treasury Department must curb law firms, financial advisors, and others implicated in the Pandora Papers secrecy gambits.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the need to combat drug trafficking and corruption by confronting the powerful economics that drive them. 

A surcharge on entities liable under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could advance good governance abroad and help create a more stable world.