Oregon passes sweeping shell company bill, Congo’s passport scheme sends millions of dollars offshore, New interactive anonymous company tool online

Turkish org gave frmr homeland sec adviser $400k / Trump pegs frmr trade lobbyist to lead trade policy / Weakness of Xi’s corruption crackdown

One year after the Panama Papers, has anything changed in the world of offshoring? Casey Michel talks to Will Fitzgibbon of ICIJ.

Natalie Duffy on a simple measure that could improve federal procurement transparency.

The EU prolonged asset freezes against Yanukovych / Oregon lawmakers will hold a public hearing on a bill to rein in abusive, anonymous companies

Casey Michel on how trusts became the next frontier in shielding illicit assets.

Who really owns real estate leased by the U.S. government? / Deutsche Bank fined $630m for $10bn Russia mirror trading scheme / Congress moves to repeal key extractives transparency law this week

Future of the FCPA / New EO limits foreign lobbying - but with loopholes / Congress moves to repeal extractives anti-graft law this week.

A new Harvard International Review article highlights the threats posed by dirty money in U.S. real estate, writes Peter Podkopaev.

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