How the U.S. financial system props up illegal logging and mining

Mongabay
Nov 14, 2023, 11:09 am152 pts
When it comes to dirty money, countries like Switzerland, Panama and Spain’s Canary Islands have earned a reputation as good hiding spots. They’re rife with shell companies and laundered profits. And yet none of them comes close to the offerings of the U.S., which has an estimated $466 billion in illicit…

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