Why the U.S. is Losing Ground in the Fight Against Dirty Money

About this episode

Casey Michel discusses the U.S.'s decline in leadership regarding global anti-corruption efforts.

In this episode of Integrity Insights, we speak with Casey Michel, investigative journalist and Head of the Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation in New York City. Casey is the author of American Kleptocracy and Foreign Agents, two seminal books on the mechanisms of global illicit finance and foreign influence operations. Our discussion focuses on the United States’ recent retreat from its longstanding leadership in global anti-corruption efforts. Casey explains how key legislati...

People in this episode

Guest: Casey Michel

Topics covered

• anti-corruption
• illicit finance
• foreign influence
• U.S. policy
• global leadership

Keywords

• dirty money
• corruption
• Kleptocracy
• legislation
• investigative journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Human Rights Foundation

Books & works: American Kleptocracy, Foreign Agents

Places: United States, New York City

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