Financial Transparency Coalition

Monday's top stories from Global Financial Integrity

An Op-Ed by the Task Force was published today by Politico on Mitt Romney, Bain Capital, and tax avoidance in Bermuda.

This Saturday marks the two-year anniversary of Citizen's United v. Federal Election Commission, the decision which opened the door in the United States for unlimited corporate contributions to campaigns and political action committees, a practice that had long been forbidden. Most organizations which engage in political advocacy, including campaigns, are forced to disclose who donated how much money to their group.

A statistician analyzes Global Financial Integrity's Illicit Financial Flow numbers, find they check out and are not fake.