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> 7% of GTO reports identified individuals or entities connected to ongoing FBI cases

So... 93% of people had their privacy violated for no reason. And that was with the current highly targeted measure. When it is applied to all real estate purchases it'll be more like 99.9%. But sure, we should be willing to give anything to satisfy a handful of "transparency activists" who don't do anything besides complain all day (read about the scandals at Transparency International and you'll find that perhaps these people are not the saintly do-gooders they are reported to be).
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ke88y 1036 days ago
No, >99.9% of people will never have their privacy violated because they aren't afforded the ability to hide their ownership. Check out your county's plat maps -- if you own property, you're probably in there.

TBH? I don't think anonymously owning land should be allowed, full stop. If you want police and courts to recognize your arbitrary stat-granted right over a piece of dirt, then own up to what you own.

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from 1036 days ago
There is a difference between there being a record of it in some county's database and a team of Treasury department and federal law enforcement members scrutinizing the sale (and being given additional records on it from the intermediaries involved).
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ke88y 1036 days ago
Right. The difference is that you don't NEED a whole damn team to do financial forensics on the sale if the actual owner is recorded on the fucking plat map.

For normal people docs with equivalent or more info are definitely provided to tons of intermediaries and available to the gov.

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