How The U.S. Evolved Into A Blood-Money Super-Haven

From art markets to shell companies, luxury real estate to private equity — the United States has quietly become the largest offshore haven in the world.

In this interview, Casey Michel, author and head of Human Rights Foundation’s Combating Kleptocracy Program, explains how the U.S. is a key enabler of kleptocrats, cartels, terrorists, and authoritarian regimes—helping them launder more than a trillion dollars in blood money each year.