The Treasury Department Should Lead the Fight Against Corruption and Kleptocracy Getty/Robert Alexander
A statue of Albert Gallatin, a former U.S. secretary of the Treasury, stands in front of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C., April 2018.
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The United States today faces a pressing threat to its national interests: the strategic use of corruption by autocratic and kleptocratic states to undermine the integrity of democratic institutions and interfere in the politics of democratic states for geopolitical advantage. Such strategic corruption is not a new phenomenon, but it has become more acute and sophisticated with the rise of offshore financial centers and the growing assertiveness of authoritarian competitors in using nontraditional means of projecting power and wielding influence. In recent years, strategic corruption has been deployed more systematically and with greater success against the United States and its democratic partne
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Consilient Executives Speak at the American Bankers Association and American Bar Association s Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference, Unveil New Explainer Film
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board Juan Zarate delivered the opening keynote address about the current state of the financial crime industry, and Co-Founder and CEO Gary Shiffman discussed the future of the industry in a closing speakers panel
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ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ This week, Consilient Co-Founder and CEO Gary M. Shiffman, Ph.D., and The Honorable Juan Zarate, Consilient co-founder and chairman of the board, both spoke at the American Banker Association and American Bar Association (ABA/ABA) Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference. The annual conference is the only national event that gathers industry experts to focus primarily on financial crime issues facing financial institutions. Due to health and safety concerns, this year s conference w