# Press conference: Transparency International Switzerland launches Unmask the Corrupt campaign

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/press-conference-transparency-international-switzerland-launches-unmask-the
Type: Press release
Published: 2014-08-25
Updated: 2020-04-07

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25 August 2014

Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director of Transparency International’s global Secretariat, will hold a press conference together with Eric Martin, Chair of Transparency International Switzerland, to mark the Switzerland launch of Transparency International’s effort to unmask the corrupt.

Secret companies and opaque corporate ownership structures allow corrupt businesspeople and politicians to hide their stolen wealth. It is, therefore, in Switzerland’s interest – both as a country and a financial hub – to pursue robust policies in relation to international corruption which often has links to organised crime. Switzerland should not offer opportunities for the corrupt to get away with it.

At the press conference, de Swardt and Martin will discuss upcoming Swiss legislation related to money laundering and secret company ownership.

**Who:**
Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director, Transparency International
Eric Martin, Chair, Transparency International Switzerland

**Where:**
Room Haller, Hotel Kreuz
Zeughausgasse 41
Bern, Switzerland

**When:**
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
11:30am-12:30pm

**RSVP:**
Email: info@transparency.ch
Tel: 031 382 35 50

Cobus de Swardt will speak in English, Eric Martin in German. Journalists can ask questions in German, English or French. Materials will be available in all three languages.

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*Transparency International is the civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption*

*Transparency International Switzerland is the Swiss national chapter*

**For any press enquiries please contact**

**Bern
Delphine Centlivres**
Transparency International Switzerland
Email: delphine.centlivres@transparency.ch
Tel: +41 (0)79 906 44 12

**Berlin
Natalie Baharav**
Transparency International
Email: press@transparency.org
Tel: +49 30 3438 20 666