Julia Yansura, program director for environmental crime and illicit finance at the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition: “PDVSA’s announcement is extremely concerning to those of us working on anti-money laundering, counterterrorism financing and anti-corruption. That’s not because crypto is inherently bad. Crypto is a tool that is as good or as bad as those who are using it, just like cash, limited liability companies or bank accounts. In the case of Venezuela, crypto has been used for good, with families sending crypto remittances back home and humanitarian groups sending funds in crypto to people in desperate need. But by the same token, crypto can be used by…”
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Carl David
Goette-Luciak
Reporter
Nili Blanck
Reporter
Ernesto Armenteros
Vice Chairman
of the Board,
Banco de Ahorro y Credito Union
Jimena Blanco
Chief Analyst,
Verisk Maplecroft
Richard Child
CEO,
Mattrix Group
Michael Diaz
Partner,
Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP
Ernesto Fernández Holmann
Chairman of the Board,
Ayucus
Desiree Green
Vice President,
Int’l Gov’t Affairs,
Prudential Financial
Earl Jarrett
Deputy Chairman & CEO
The Jamaica National Group
Barbara Kotschwar
Professor of Political Economy,
Georgetown University
Thomas Morante
Attorney,
Carlton Fields
Manuel Orozco
Senior Fellow,
Inter-American Dialogue
Adalberto Palma Gómez
Senior Partner,
Aperture SC
Rodolfo Pittaluga
Adjunct Professor,
Florida International University
College of Law
Roberto Teixeira da Costa
Founder & Board Member Emeritus, CEBRI
Mario Trujillo
CEO,
DolEx Dollar Express
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