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December 2017
Past Event
Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism

Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
December 01, 2017
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(Credit: Bill Diodato, The Image Bank)
01
December 2017
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Charles Davidson

Former Executive Director, Kleptocracy Initiative

Ben Judah

Former Research Fellow

Raymond Baker

President, Global Financial Integrity and author of Capitalism’s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System

Gary Kalman

Executive Director, Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition

Brady Jay Olson

Supervisory Special Agent, Transnational Organized Crime Section, Federal Bureau of Investigation

U.S. anti-money laundering regulations are outdated and ill-equipped to counter emerging threats in the globalized financial system. For the most part, they do not apply to key segments of the economy including law, incorporation services, and real estate, creating loopholes for unscrupulous professionals to help launder the illicit funds of kleptocrats and other criminals.

To the detriment of U.S. foreign policy, these gaps have enabled kleptocracy and in turn, strengthened authoritarianism, state failure, civil unrest, and social degradation across the world. Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism, a new report from Hudson Institute's Kleptocracy Initiative, investigates the inner workings of a shadowy financial system that is outstripping U.S. law enforcement and provides a call to action against a grave threat.

On December 1, Hudson Institute hosted a discussion with Ben Judah, co-author of the report, Raymond Baker of Global Financial Integrity, Charles Davidson of Hudson Institute’s Kleptocracy Initiative, Gary Kalman of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition, and Brady Jay Olson of the FBI's Transnational Organized Crime Section.

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