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Russian-Style Kleptocracy Is Infiltrating America - 18 yrs before Mueller investigation CIA Moscow station chief Richard Palmer warned Congress Russian elites were plundering $, trying to influence US politics, & the US was an accomplice, by @FranklinFoer
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
This is a must-read article by @FranklinFoer - describes how Patriot Act money laundering act added oversight to banks - but a loophole has enabled dictators, drug dealers, oligarchs to create anonymous shell companies & launder $ thru US real estate deals
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
"In 2016, Barack Obama’s administration tested a program to bring the real-estate industry in line with the banks, compelling brokers to report foreign buyers, too"
"But then the American presidency turned over, and a landlord came to power."
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"But then the American presidency turned over, and a landlord came to power."
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The importance of @FranklinFoer's article can't be overstated - it goes beyond Trump or Putin to explain systemic failures that have enabled criminals to plunder $, abetted by lobbyists/corrupt institutions to make US the 2nd largest tax haven in the world
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theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
The @TaxJusticeNet Financial Secrecy Index for 2018 - the U.S. is second on the list behind only Switzerland
"The defining document of our era is the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. The ruling didn’t just legalize anonymous expenditures on political campaigns. It redefined our very idea of what constitutes corruption"
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theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
American collusion w/kleptocracy comes at a terrible cost - stolen $ that could fund health care & infrastructure
"A report from the anti-poverty group One has argued that 3.6 million deaths each year can be attributed to this sort of resource siphoning"
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"A report from the anti-poverty group One has argued that 3.6 million deaths each year can be attributed to this sort of resource siphoning"
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
2014 report by One is as relevant today as ever
The world’s developing countries are deprived of $1 trillion+ yearly by criminals & corrupt officials who exploit layers of secrecy to siphon off $ through money laundering, illegal tax evasion, embezzlement
s3.amazonaws.com/one.org/pdfs/T…
The world’s developing countries are deprived of $1 trillion+ yearly by criminals & corrupt officials who exploit layers of secrecy to siphon off $ through money laundering, illegal tax evasion, embezzlement
s3.amazonaws.com/one.org/pdfs/T…
