On January 12, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) hand-delivered thank you letters to the offices of members of Congress who supported the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Improvement Act. The bill, which was passed by Congress on December 23, has been described as “the most important transnational anti-corruption law ever passed.”
NWC delivered the letters to Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).
“NWC and our supporters have been fighting for these improvements to the Anti-Money Laundering whistleblower program for two-years,” said Siri Nelson, Executive Director at NWC. “We are so grateful that our supporters, and the support of Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto, LLP, and Whistleblower Network News, were able to garner the support of Senators Grassley and Warnock, and Representatives Adams, DeLauro, and Gonzalez to make this critical improvement a reality. Thanks to these leading legislators, President Biden was able to do the right thing for whistleblowers and set the FinCEN program up for success.”
“Thanks to your efforts in securing the AML whistleblower provision, the government will save money while attacking global corruption at its roots,” the letters read. “This bill will give law enforcement the tools it needs to go after the illegally sourced money of Russian oligarchs and despots around the world.”
“Thank you, once again, for your commitment to...
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