*Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition*
*EVENT INVITATION FOR:* June 22nd, 2022
*Contact: *Christopher Boose, [email protected]
*12pm-1pm EDT, Wednesday, June 22nd*

RSVP Today: "Butler(s) to the World" – Ending Dirty Money in the UK and US

"Book Launch and Discussion"

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Speakers:


* Oliver Bullough, author, Butler to the World
* U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger [ [link removed] ], member of the Congressional Caucus Against Foreign Corruption and Kleptocracy [ [link removed] ]
* Kevin Hollinrake, U.K. Member of Parliament, and co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking [ [link removed] ]
* Erica Hanichak, government affairs director, FACT Coalition [ [link removed] ]
* Susan Hawley, executive director, Spotlight on Corruption [ [link removed] ] (UK)
* Ian Gary [ [link removed] ], executive director, FACT Coalition (moderator)



On the occasion of the U.S. publication of investigative journalist Oliver Bullough's latest book, Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything [ [link removed] ], join the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition, legislators from the U.S. and U.K., and advocates to discuss the problems caused by dirty money in the U.K. and U.S. and how to foster transatlantic competition to crack down on dirty money in both jurisdictions.

With last year's Pandora Papers stories and Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine this year, there is unprecedented attention being paid to how Western economies, including in the U.K. and U.S., provide a safe financial haven for kleptocrats, oligarchs, and criminals. Thankfully, there is also growing momentum for reform. In the U.S., ranked the world's biggest supplier of financial secrecy [ [link removed] ], the Treasury Department is implementing reforms [ [link removed] ] to deal with anonymous shell companies and money laundering through real estate. Congress is contemplating new legislation to tackle the "enablers" who assist kleptocrats and criminals to hide their ill-gotten gains. In the U.K., strengthened economic crime legislation is being considered and, last month, an "economic crime manifesto" [ [link removed] ] was launched with cross-party support.


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About the FACT Coalition

The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition is a non-partisan alliance of more than 100 state, national, and international organizations working toward a fair and honest tax system that addresses the challenges of a global economy and promoting policies to combat the harmful impacts of corrupt financial practices.

For more information, visit www.thefactcoalition.org


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