President Biden Unveils Broad Vision to Crackdown on Foreign and Domestic Corruption

Agenda Highlights Intersection of National Security, Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering - On June 3, 2021, President Biden unveiled a National Security Study Memorandum entitled Memorandum on Establishing the Fight Against Corruption as a Core United States National Security Interest (the “Memo”). It reveals—as the title might suggest—that the Biden administration views “countering corruption as a core United States national security interest.” Corruption “corrodes public trust” in foreign...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP

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