Heiress Who Sued Barclays, HSBC For Alleged Money Laundering With Ghislaine Maxwell Link Seeks $15B In Damages

Inside America’s Race to Hide the World’s Money

Alessandro Chesser is a 40-year-old Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He’s married with two kids and was the first in his family to attend college. His grandfather immigrated from Sicily and worked as a school janitor so his family could have a better life.

Skip forward a few generations, and Chesser is noticing the way wealthy investors hide their money to avoid paying taxes. He’s outraged and wants to upend the tax system, which he thinks is unfair to the everyday American worker. In Chesser’s mind, the realistic solution isn’t to reform the tax code, but to make it easier for average Americans to access one of the best-kept secrets of the superrich: trusts.

Trusts have become big business in the US. They are now an industry worth trillions of dollars. But no one knows the exact number, because the trust industry is extraordinarily private. Trusts can last forever (literally), but there is no public registry for them. In fact, they are one of the main reasons why watchdog groups consider America to be the most secretive financial jurisdiction in the world.

This week on Reveal, journalists Sally Herships and Leah McGrath Goodman investigate America’s shadowland of trusts. As the nation’s wealth gap keeps growing—and Americans brace for Tax Day—we uncover what’s at stake as US states race to become the most trust-friendly jurisdictions in the world.

Podcast/ Inside America’s Race to Hide the World’s Money
by 40 min. Prof. James Henry /UAML
#PriceOfOffshore #OFFOnShore #REVEAL Podcast: With Secret Trusts, the Offshore World Has Moved Onshore: “Inside America’s Race to Hide the World’s Wealth”… JS Henry intv at the end)
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Strategy On Organized Crime

Strategy on organized crime – Interview with UAML Member Sebastian Fiedler, SPD
Reversal of the burden of proof

Federal government adopts action plan against organized crime: Customs and Federal Criminal Police Office to receive legal, technical, and personnel support

Joint press release from the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Ministry of the Interior, and the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection:
Aktionsplan gegen Organisierte Kriminalität

The Global Haven Industry & the Rising Challenges Faced by Anti-Money Laundering

ECB Global Heaven

 

 

The Global Haven Industry & the rising challenges faced by anti-money laundering
Webinar Tuesday, 24. Juni 17:15 – 18:45 MESZ. (date has changed)
Register online /

Speaker (2)


James S. Henry

Economist, Lawyer & Global Justice Fellow at Yale

 

is a leading economist, attorney, consultant, and investigative journalist on issues such as tax justice and development finance. He is, along with Nicholas Shaxson, a founding member of the Tax Justice Network.

In his career, James S. Henry has held key positions both in the public and the private sectors, bringing fresh perspectives and inspiring people around him.

Before becoming a Professor, James served, among others, as Director of Economic Research for McKinsey & Co, IBM/Lotus Development Corporation. As a Global Justice Fellow and a lecturer at Yale faculty he focuses on global issues that matter, e.g., climate change, tax evasion and Artificial Intelligence.

James has also conducted first-hand investigations on corruption, tax dodging, and debt in dozens of developing countries and havens, including the Philippines, South Africa, Angola, Kenya, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti, the Bahamas, Barbados, Switzerland, Delaware, and the Cayman Islands. He has testified as an invited expert on various occasions before the US Congress, the UN, the EU Parliament, and the FBI’s International Corruption Unit on global tax havens, the underground economy, and tax justice. He has also presented many TED talks and has been a featured commentator on leading media outlets, including the BBC, Australia ABC, ZDF, most US TV networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC).


President
United Against Money Laundering

 

Dagmar a lifelong entrepreneur, who has created websites for women and finance, She is the President of United Against Money Laundering (UAML).
This association is comprised of members who collaborate globally to prevent social and political crimes, with a particular emphasis on money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, and tax evasion. UAML is supported by a team of international experts who conduct investigative research into money laundering and advocate for the enforcement of relevant laws.
Dagmar is President and Founder
W-T-W Women and Finance aims to build a worldwide knowledge database
Women and Finance, with a twist of black humor in the cartoons. The focus is on finance, women entrepreneurs, financial literacy and the fight against corruption.

Live Stream of the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum

Please join us for the live stream of the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum in Madrid on May 22–23, 2025, hosted by the President of the Spain Senate, Pedro Rollan Ojeda.

Over 185 Parliamentarians and government officials from 57 countries are represented at the forum, with 35 expert presenters.
How to Watch:
Dates: May 22–23, 2025  (Madrid time)
Live Stream: Available exclusively at www.pi-sf.com
Full Program: Attached here.

We look forward to your participation in this critical international dialogue.
Sincerely,
Congressman Robert PittengerChairman, Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum
www.pi-sf.com

 

Open Letter to the Chairman of the CDU

Thomas Seidel
Open letter to the chairman of the CDU, Friedrich Merz, the chairman of the CSU, Dr. Markus Söder, the chairmen of the SPD, Lars Klingbeil and Saskia Esken, and the members of the working group “Home Affairs, Law, Migration and Integration”: Better fight against money laundering
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The blog and letter can also be viewed and downloaded here: Combating money laundering in the program of a new federal government.

 

Money Laundering Causes Real Estate Prices to Rise!

The results of our first study on the economic analysis of money laundering in the real estate sector provide the first empirical evidence of the negative effects of money laundering on real estate prices. You can find the results of the study here.

Further information on our current research projects, including this study, can be found under the tab Projects – economic analysis of money laundering .

Vermögensermittlungs- und Einziehungsverfahren

Sebastian Fiedler – Rede zum Thema: Vermögensermittlungs- und Einziehungsverfahren – 05.07.2024

Am Freitag, 5. Juli 2024, habe ich im Deutschen Bundestag zu einem erstmals eingebrachten Antrag der CDU/CSU-Fraktion mit dem Titel „Kriminell erlangte Vermögen konsequent abschöpfen – Vermögensermittlungs- und Einziehungsverfahren außerhalb des Strafrechts schaffen“ geredet.

Die Vorlage wurde im Anschluss an die Aussprache zur weiteren Beratung an den federführenden Finanzausschuss überwiesen.

Quelle: Deutscher Bundestag

Sebastian Fiedler würdigt in dieser Rede den Initiator Andreas Frank von
UAML United Against Money Laundering