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So thousands and thousands of these anonymous shell companies were being created every single year, and it was impossible to track back who is running them, who is profiting from them, who was taking advantage of them, but now because of this legislation it will. The US for years and years has been the capital of anonymous shell company formation thanks to states like Delaware, Nevada and Wyoming, which sold anonymous shell companies to anybody who wanted them вЂ“ drugs or arms traffickers, oligarchs or dictatorsвЂ™ families вЂ“ all and sundry could get an anonymous American shell company in 15 minutes for $100, if that. There has been an effort to ban the formation of US anonymous shell companies since at least 2008, with a very clear through line of bi-partisan support, however for a number of reasons it did not happen. As someone who has written extensively about corruption facilitated through shell companies in US jurisdictions, what impact do you think this legislation will have? Is it as positive as it sounds?Д¬M: This is a remarkable piece of legislation and it is difficult to understate just how important it is. Amongst other measures, the CTA introduces requirements that will put an end to the practice of anonymous shell companies operating inside the country. SC: The passing of the US Congress of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) on 1 January 2021 has been described by anti-corruption campaigners as вЂhistoricвЂ™. What we have seen on the American side of things is a kind of microcosm of what has been taking place internationally вЂ“ including examining the kinds of policy proposals that are going to be required to unwind the impact these networks have already had. Awareness has grown as to the magnitude of these offshoring systems used by kleptocratic networks as well as the wider societal impact they can have on, for example, wealth inequality or geopolitical instability. Both through the release of large scale journalistic investigations, such as the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers, as well as a number of reports coming from high level bodies, including the United Nations and the European Union.

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The second driver is the broader growing international awareness of kleptocracy and transnational corruption over the past few years. That is the legacy that we are seeing the Biden administrationвЂ™s reacting to now, having witnessed what could potentially happen if we continue to ignore these corrupt, kleptocratic elements operating within our society. It forced so many Americans, and their allies, to closely examine the links between transnational corruption and the potential dismantling of the broader liberal democratic project, including national security and electoral security. It was, speaking frankly, a horrible four years вЂ“ dispiriting, depressing, and inordinately challenging вЂ“ but a silver lining was it brought all of these concerns around dark money networks and the tools they use, such as anonymous shell companies and real estate purchases, to the fore.

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We have witnessed how these corrupt, kleptocratic networks, which initially helped propel Trump into power, took full advantage of having a figure like him in the White House.

The first, specific to the American context, is our experience under the previous president, Donald Trump.

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What do you think have been the driving factors behind these latest developments?Д¬asey Michel (CM): From my vantage point, there are two primary drivers behind this increasing interest in and focus on addressing, corruption, kleptocracy and the enablers that allow it to operate. Susan Coughtrie (SC): President BidenвЂ™s entry into the White House appears to have come hand in hand with renewed interest in the US stepping up its efforts in the global fight against corruption, with his administration declaring it a вЂcore national security interestвЂ™. This week Unsafe for ScrutinyвЂ™s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Casey Michel, a US based investigative journalist, and author of the upcoming book American Kleptocracy, to get his insights into recent, promising anti-corruption developments in the US and what impact he expects these to have on the global fight on corruption as well as the work of journalists like him who play a critical role in uncovering it.

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