Civil society coalition calls on G20 to tackle illicit financial flows
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, urge the Group of Twenty Countries (G20) to:
- recognise the link between illicit outflows of capital from developing countries, absorption of those resources by tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions, and the adverse impact those flows have on poverty alleviation and economic development;
- call on the Financial Action Task Force to amend its recommendations 33, 34, and VIII to provide that the beneficial ownership of all companies, trusts, foundations and charities be made a matter of public record;
- reiterate the need for all jurisdictions to help recover the proceeds of bribery, embezzlement and other forms of corruption, and in particular to call on states to increase resources to investigate and prosecute corruption cases; to encourage the use of both criminal and non-conviction based asset forfeiture methods, and to provide coordinated, timely and effective mutual legal assistance, as promised by the G8 Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Declaration of 11 May 2004;
- instruct the International Accounting Standards Board to recommend that all multinational corporations report their income and taxes paid on a country by country basis; and
- call on the OECD to create and promote a single multilateral agreement for effective tax information exchange between all jurisdictions.
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| Organisation | Country | Organisation | Country |
| Access Info Europe | International | Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation | Aruba |
| ActionAid | International | Mitigating Endemic Democratic Problems | Australia |
| Anti Slavery International | International | Transparency International Australia | Australia |
| Cafod | International | Uniting Church in Australia | Australia |
| Christian Aid | International | EITI -NGO's for Extractive Industries Transparency | Azerbaijan |
| Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative | International | Transparency International Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan |
| Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women | International | Bahrain Transparency Society | Bahrain |
| Global Witness | International | Bangladesh NGO Network for Radio and Communication | Bangladesh |
| International Council of Women | International | BRAC University | Bangladesh |
| International Trade Union Confederation | International | Voice | Bangladesh |
| Islamic Relief Worldwide | International | Credcentre | Benin |
| La Strada International | International | Club-Journalists against corruption | Bulgaria |
| Public Services International | International | Buddhsim and Society Development Association | Cambodia |
| Tax Justice Network | International | Pact | Cambodia |
| Tearfund | International | Cameroonian League for Human Rights | Cameroon |
| Tiri | International | Federation of Environmental and Ecological Diversity for Agricultural Revampment and Human Rights (FEEDAR & HR) | Cameroon |
| Transparency International -Secretariat | International | Global Network for Good Governance | Cameroon |
| UNICORN -Global Unions Anti-corruption Network | International | Humanus International | Cameroon |
| SNAPAP | Algeria | Research Alliance for Development | Cameroon |
| Asociacion Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia | Argentina | Canadians For Accountability | Canada |
| Fundacion Mujeres en Igualdad | Argentina | FAIR (Federal Accountability Initiative for Reform) | Canada |
| Grupo de Mujeres de la Argentina -Foro de VIH Mujeres y Familia | Argentina | Transparency International Canada | Canada |
| Poder Ciudadano | Argentina | Chile Transparente | Chile |
| Transparency International Armenia | Armenia | Partnership for Social Development | Croatia |
| Organisation | Country | Organisation | Country |
| Oziveni | Czech Republic | Transparency in Nigeria | Nigeria |
| Ibis | Denmark | Women Environment & Development Network (WEDEN) | Nigeria |
| AICO-Arab Organization for International Cooperation | Women in Publishing (WIP) | Nigeria | |
| Arab Thought Forum | Egypt | Women's Right to Education Programme (WREP) | Nigeria |
| Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance | Egypt | Zero Corruption Coalition | Nigeria |
| Participatory Development Program (PDP) | Egypt | Attac | Norway |
| Fundacion Nacional para el Desarrollo (FUNDE) | El Salvador | Norwegian Church Aid | Norway |
| Youth Education Forum | F.Y. Republic of Macedonia | DISCOVER | Pakistan |
| Foundation Open Society Institute | F.Y. Republic of Macedonia | GINI -Governance Institutions Network International | Pakistan |
| Transparency Zero Corruption | F.Y. Republic of Macedonia | PILDAT -Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development & Transparency | Pakistan |
| Transparentnost Macedonia | F.Y. Republic of Macedonia | Society for the Empowerment of People-STEP | Pakistan |
| CCFD-Terre Solidaire | France | Transparency International Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Helio International | France | AMAN -Transparency International Palestine | Palestine |
| Plate Forme Paradis Fiscaux et Judiciaires | France | Grupo de Trabajo Contra la Corrupcion (GTCC) / Work Group against Corruption | Peru |
| Sherpa | France | National Human Rights Coordination Body | Peru |
| Transparency International France | France | Proetica | Peru |
| NGO ArtIdea | Georgia | Business for Integrity 2020 | Philippines |
| TRACC -Georgia | Georgia | Global watch | Philippines |
| The Johanniter | Germany | Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK) | Philippines |
| Transparency International Germany | Germany | Transparency and Accountability Network | Philippines |
| Ghana Integrity Initiative | Ghana | Transparency International Philippines | Philippines |
| Centre for European Constitutional Law | Greece | Ummah Fi Salam | Philippines |
| Accion Ciudadana | Guatemala | Asociatia Romana pentru Transparenta | Romania |
| Stat View International | Guinea | Trade Union Elie Radu | Romania |
| Afrikaplatform | Hungary | Transparency International Russia | Russia |
| Civil Society Development Foundation | Hungary | Transparency International Rwanda | Rwanda |
| Foundation for Development of Democratic Rights | Hungary | Forum Civil | Senegal |
| K-Monitor | Hungary | REPAOC | Senegal |
| National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions | Hungary | Africa Youth for Peace and Development | Sierra Leone |
| Centre for Applied Sociology | India | Youth Partnership for Peace and Development | Sierra Leone |
| Gram Bharati Samiti | India | Open Society Foundation (OSF) | Slovakia |
| The National Center For Peace & Development | India | Transparency International Slovakia | Slovakia |
| Transparency International India | India | Integriteta-association for ethics in public service | Slovenia |
| Indonesia Corruption Watch | Indonesia | Transparency International Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands |
| LEIP | Indonesia | Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa | South Africa |
| National Law Reform Consortium | Indonesia | Institute for Security Studies (ISS) | South Africa |
| Partnership for Governance Reform / Kemitraan | Indonesia | T.F.A.C (The Fight Against Corruption ) | South Africa |
| Telapak | Indonesia | Heungsadan (Young Korean Academy) Transparency Movement | South Korea |
| Transparency International Indonesia | Indonesia | K-Pact Council | South Korea |
| Iraqi Center For Transparency and Corruption | Iraq | Transparency International Korea | South Korea |
| Kurdistan Anti Corruption Network | Iraq | Transparency International Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
| Dochas | Ireland | Transparency International Sweden | Sweden |
| Transparency International Ireland | Ireland | Basel Institute on Governance -ICAR | Switzerland |
| OMETZ | Israel | Transparency International Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale (CRBM) | Italy | Uniting Church in Australia | Synod of Victoria and Tasmania |
| AfricCOG -Africa Centre for Open Governance | Kenya | Transparency International Chinese Taipei | Taiwan |
| Bunge la Mwananchi | Kenya | Luta Hamutuk Institute | Timor Leste |
| Kenya tuitakayo: Citizens’ Coalition for Constitutional Culture | Kenya | Transparency Institute | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Transparency International Kenya | Kenya | Transparency International Uganda | Uganda |
| Kuwait Transparency | Kuwait | Water Governance Institute | Uganda |
| Public Investigation Bureau | Latvia | Association for Accountancy and Business Affairs | United Kingdom |
| Actions for Genuine Democratic Alternatives (AGENDA) | Liberia | Partnership for Transparency Fund | United Kingdom |
| Center for Transparency & Accountability | Liberia | Protimos | United Kingdom |
| Transparency International Lithuania | Lithuania | Rights & Accountability in Development (RAID) | |
| Transparency Zero Corruption | Macedonia | Tax Research UK (Richard Murphy, Director) | United Kingdom |
| Baholalao Integrity Safeguard Committee | Madagascar | The Corner House | United Kingdom |
| Centre for Public Policy Studies | Malaysia | The office of Lord Brennan, UK | United Kingdom |
| Libertad en accion | Mexico | Trades Union Congress (TUK) | United Kingdom |
| Transparencia Mexicana | Mexico | Transparency International UK | United Kingdom |
| MANS | Montenegro | War on Want | United Kingdom |
| Etica y Transparencia | Nicaragua | World Wildlife Fund UK | United Kingdom |
| Association Nigérienne de Lutte contre la Corruption (ANLC) | Niger | American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative | United States |
| African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) | Nigeria | Financial Intelligence Council | United States |
| African Youth Empowerment | Nigeria | Hills Program on Governance | United States |
| Blossom Nigeria Project | Nigeria | Project on Organizing Development Education and Research | United States |
| Equity Advocates | Nigeria | The Jus Semper Global Alliance | United States |
| Grass Root Anti-Corruption Awareness Network Initiative | Nigeria | Transparency International USA | United States |
| Independent Advocacy Project (IAP) | Nigeria | Observatorio Hannah Arendt | Venezuela |
| Moms Club International Nigeria | Nigeria | Provea | Venezuela |
| Nigeria Labour Congress | Nigeria | Transparencia Venezuela | Venezuela |
| NPA Nigeria | Nigeria | Citizens Forum | Zambia |
| Publish What You Pay/NEITI | Nigeria | Transparency International Zambia | Zambia |
| Save Earth Nigeria | Nigeria | ||
| Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) | Nigeria |
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