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Russian-Style Kleptocracy Is Infiltrating America - 18 yrs before Mueller investigation CIA Moscow station chief Richard Palmer warned Congress Russian elites were plundering $, trying to influence US politics, & the US was an accomplice, by @FranklinFoerhttps://t.co/jpk3h3w6zY— Wendy Siegelman (@WendySiegelman) February 9, 2019
"In 2016, Barack Obama’s administration tested a program to bring the real-estate industry in line with the banks, compelling brokers to report foreign buyers, too"— Wendy Siegelman (@WendySiegelman) February 9, 2019
"But then the American presidency turned over, and a landlord came to power."https://t.co/jpk3h3w6zY pic.twitter.com/eYPXXIMzRu
The @TaxJusticeNet Financial Secrecy Index for 2018 - the U.S. is second on the list behind only Switzerlandhttps://t.co/6qj2xfdvvS— Wendy Siegelman (@WendySiegelman) February 9, 2019
American collusion w/kleptocracy comes at a terrible cost - stolen $ that could fund health care & infrastructure— Wendy Siegelman (@WendySiegelman) February 9, 2019
"A report from the anti-poverty group One has argued that 3.6 million deaths each year can be attributed to this sort of resource siphoning"https://t.co/jpk3h3w6zY pic.twitter.com/aw4mWK5GM1
2014 report by One is as relevant today as ever— Wendy Siegelman (@WendySiegelman) February 9, 2019
The world’s developing countries are deprived of $1 trillion+ yearly by criminals & corrupt officials who exploit layers of secrecy to siphon off $ through money laundering, illegal tax evasion, embezzlementhttps://t.co/IKW3ycDpXX pic.twitter.com/ebt0cotY2n