Financial Transparency Coalition

At the US Summit for Democracy in December 2021, the Biden administration made a series of ambitious policy commitments aimed at fighting corruption globally.

La Cumbre por la Democracia, celebrada la semana pasada con la asistencia virtual de docenas de líderes mundiales, es una iniciativa clave del gobierno del presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden.

The Summit for Democracy held last week and attended virtually by dozens of world leaders is a key initiative by Joe Biden’s Presidency which identified corruption

This week several analysts reported that the European Union is considering regulating and taxing the digital currency, Bitcoin. Specifically, the EU is looking to impose a Value Added Tax (VAT) on trades in bitcoin. Meanwhile, its plans to regulate the digital currency—whether imminent or not—are still unclear. Bitcoin presents short- and long-term risks to financial crime. Like tax havens and other jurisdictions with lax laws on beneficial ownership, Bitcoin presents criminals with an opportunity to keep their money and their transactions secret. Specifically, Bitcoin users don’t need to present an ID to receive a Bitcoin address—or key—so...