It is estimated that each year up to 2,000 billion dollars are recycled, much of it through companies that allow the identity of the beneficiaries of the money to be kept secret. Tracking financia...
Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer is the Banks and Corruption Campaign Leader for Global Witness, a Nobel-prize nominated organisation dedicated to breaking the links between natural resources, conflict and corruption. He focuses on how the financial system facilitates corruption and other crimes. Robert has led a number of high profile investigations. These include exposing how corrupt Nigerian politicians used British high street banks to move bribe money; uncovering which global banks held $65 billion of Libyan government funds; and organising an undercover sting to show how corrupt officials can move suspect funds into the U.S. with the help of New York lawyers.
Robert is an expert in the global anti-money laundering framework and helps to develop practical policy solutions to improve its effectiveness. He helps to lead a global coalition of civil society groups campaigning for an end to the abuse of the financial system by corrupt officials. This has led to new transparency laws in the UK and EU to tackle anonymously owned companies. He is a regular commentator on these issues in the media.