Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Holds Hearing on Abuse of Company Formation Process

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Monday, January 1, 2007
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
23
Issue: 
1
9
Abstract: 
On November 14, 2006, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, held a hearing entitled Failure to Identify Company Owners Impedes Law Enforcement. The hearing examined allegations that U.S. states incorporated thousands of private companies without identifying corporate owners, and related law enforcement concerns with respect to money laundering, tax evasion, and terrorist financing...[more]