NEW: Together with @BuzzFeedNews and 108 other media organizations we reveal the #FinCENFiles – our latest cross-border investigation.
Using super secretive bank documents and months of reporting, we expose how banks fail to stop dirty money flows. bit.ly/3kDpxwN
#FinCENFiles reveals $2 trillion worth of payments – revealing big-name banks (you’ve heard of them) moved suspicious money even after promising officials they would fix money laundering controls.
These global giants have moved masses of dirty money tied to mobsters, fraudsters and corrupt regimes – sometimes it's for people they can’t identify.
And – you can explore some of the transactions we found here. bit.ly/2ZUGRVV
“People may not be aware of issues like money laundering, but they feel the effects every day because these are what make large-scale crime pay — from opioids to arms trafficking to stealing COVID-19 related unemployment benefits,” @j_vittori said. bit.ly/2EmoTEq
We found the banking secrets of politicians and public figures like Paul Manafort, a former Ukrainian presidential advisor, a former DRC vice-president, and an alleged front man for Venezuela’s oil minister.
You can explore 20 profiles here: bit.ly/3hO5Cth #ddj
Why the #FinCENFiles?
Experts tell us the system that banks work in is “largely toothless” and that real change requires “fines and/or jail.”
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A special thanks to all the ICIJ Insiders – our community of readers who support investigations like #FinCENFiles, #PanamaPapers, #LuandaLeaks and more!
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#FinCENFIles continues with reporting from @spencerwoodman who looked at @HSBC's broken pledge.
Together with @ArmandoInfo's @Pmarcano11, @sashachavkin looked at how money has flowed out of Venezuela and into the pockets of so-called 'boligarchs'.
In Europe – @KarrieKehoe, @sbowers00 and @holger_r spent months digging to reveal the secretive network of formation agencies.
We also found $9.3 billion worth of transactions in the #FinCENFiles that related to one of the world’s largest gold traders and refiners – Kaloti.
#FinCENFiles also delved into the world of art trade... and mysterious companies
"The bank was like the getaway car in a robbery,” Thomas Creal, a forensic accountant, said.
Kolomoisky and associates transferred millions from a Ukraine Bank to U.S. properties. #FinCENFiles
We also pull back the veil on the discreet world of private banking.
“To get banks to behave, there has to be sure and swift enforcement against bad actors," Paul Pelletier, a former U.S. Justice Department official told us. #FinCENFiles bit.ly/305DbRw
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