The bank was the getaway car: Global money laundering and the FinCEN Files.
The world is more connected than it's ever been, trade happens internationally at a scale that's never happened before - and the same is true will criminal and illicit activity. Money launderers and criminal networks are using the same systems that legitimate businesses do. The volume is so high and the speed is so great that it really is a major challenge for anyone involved to detect and crack down on it.
Journalist Ben Hallman digs into the FinCEN Files - a massive data cache of secret information detailing the ways the world's largest banks launder money for corrupt elites and criminal networks, wrecking the lives of regular people and communities across the globe.
Read all the ICIJ's reporting on the story here: The FinCEN Files
Guest
Ben Hallman
Ben Hallman is chief reporter for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
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