# MENA

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/region/mena
Type: Region
Published: 2025-06-25
Updated: 2025-06-25

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### News

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## [Who really owns it? The push for transparency to reveal stolen wealth in the Middle East and North Africa](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/who-really-owns-it)

News • 13 November 2025

Progress on beneficial ownership transparency is gaining momentum across the region, but an analysis of eight countries shows that loopholes still allow dirty money to flow…

### Blog posts

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[## Palestine's illicit financial flows: how corruption survives crisis Isam Haj Hussein 13 May 2026](https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/palestine-how-corruption-survives-crisis "Palestine's illicit financial flows: how corruption survives crisis")

### Projects

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## [Enhancing Civil Society Capacities to Shape Policies and Hold Power to Account (ECHO Grant)](https://www.transparency.org/en/projects/enhancing-civil-society-capacities-to-shape-policies-and-hold-power-to-account-echo-grant)

Project

The ECHO Grant strengthens Transparency International and its global network to more effectively lead anti-corruption efforts and deliver on the goals of its 2030 strategy for…

## [Transparency Now: Strengthening Anti-Corruption Efforts in the EU Southern Neighbourhood](https://www.transparency.org/en/projects/transparency-now)

Project

This project aims to improve safeguards against corruption and encourage reporting in the EU Southern Neighbourhood.