Billions are Hidden in US Real Estate (Archive Edition)
This episode originally aired on October 15th, 2021. In August 2021, Global Financial Integrity published Acres of Money Laundering – Why U.S. Real Estate is a Kleptocrat’s Dream. The report compares the real estate money laundering regulations across the G7 countries. John and Elliot discuss the report’s findings on the use of the US commercial real estate market to launder funds and the roles played in the transactions by various gatekeepers. They also call out some of the key recommendations in the report. A link to the report -gfintegrity.org/report/acres-of-m…leptocrats-dream/ Here's a great article that discusses real estate and the need for real reforms in Australian AML regulations - www.amlrightsource.com/news/real-est…l-regulations