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End the Corporate Shell Games
Legislation before Congress can help keep criminals out of American markets.
Transparency now.
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Leaders from around the globe will converge Thursday in Panama City to discuss the next steps in the international fight against corruption.
That meeting will highlight for the world -- and for our newly elected president and Congress -- that the U.S. is in danger of falling behind our global partners in preventing the flow of illicit money through our financial markets. We have failed to enact legislation that would require the disclosure of the people behind legal entities -- legislation that would assist law enforcement in stopping those who corrupt the U.S. and international financial systems.