U.S. Tops Global Ranking for Real Estate Money Laundering Facilitation
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Kayla Carmicheal, Deputy Newsletter Editor
Summary
The U.S. ranks first in the Financial Secrecy Index for being the most complicit country in real estate money laundering schemes, according to the Tax Justice Network. The report highlights how the U.S. financial system, particularly through anonymous shell companies and lax real estate regulations, enables criminals to hide illicit funds in property purchases.
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Compiled by UK-based independent organization Tax Justice Network, the index ranks countries by how complicit they are in helping criminals hide money in real estate.
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