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Buying into AML risks in real estate

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In 2016 when the Panama Papers exposed an international network of offshore entities involved in tax evasion, fraud, and sanction evasion, some of which included real estate holdings, regulations began to change. According to the National Association of Realtors, there were more than 106,000 real estate brokerage firms in the United States.

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Who does AML hurt?

Tomorrow's Transactions

The topic of AML came up time and time again in the discussions around Money2020 in Las Vegas, whether in the sessions about cryptocurrency or remittances or innovation or anything else. The reason I get so exercised about this is because the regulation on AML in practice translates into a tax on the poor and the disadvantaged.