Democrats, Progressive Groups Push DOJ to Publish Database of ‘Corporate Lawbreaking’

Photo caption: Activists protest outside Wells Fargo’s corporate headquarters in New York City on October 5, 2016. Photo credit: Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images. Article by Kenny Stancil. Common Dreams – November 30, 2022.

“The Corporate Crime Database Act will bring transparency to the corporate crime crisis so that the DOJ and other law enforcement agencies can better reckon with this greed-driven menace,” said one advocate.

After three congressional Democrats on Tuesday unveiled the Corporate Crime Database Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of Justice to make information about corporate wrongdoing and efforts to curb it publicly available, dozens of progressive organizations and individuals implored federal lawmakers to pass the legislation as quickly as possible. […]

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