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WASHINGTON-The Biden administration on Monday unveiled steps to combat corruption globally, including assistance to foreign governments to increase financial transparency and new regulations on U.S. real-estate purchases to prevent money laundering.
Shell-company real-estate purchases, while legal, have been used by money launderers because the deal can be made anonymously. Experts say such deals have been used by foreign leaders who have stolen money from their countries, human traffickers and other criminals. Property has been seized across the U.S., from Manhattan apartments to California mansions, but the problem remains.
More than $2.3 billion was laundered through U.S. real estate between 2015 and 2020, according to an analysis cited by the Treasury.
The U.S. strategy document also calls for government agencies to work with Congress to develop new laws and use existing regulations to make it harder for so-called gatekeepers to the financial system-lawyers, accountants, trust and company-service providers-to evade scrutiny.
Shell-company real-estate purchases, while legal, have been used by money launderers because the deal can be made anonymously. Experts say such deals have been used by foreign leaders who have stolen money from their countries, human traffickers and other criminals. Property has been seized across the U.S., from Manhattan apartments to California mansions, but the problem remains.
More than $2.3 billion was laundered through U.S. real estate between 2015 and 2020, according to an analysis cited by the Treasury.
The U.S. strategy document also calls for government agencies to work with Congress to develop new laws and use existing regulations to make it harder for so-called gatekeepers to the financial system-lawyers, accountants, trust and company-service providers-to evade scrutiny.