How enablers facilitate illicit financial flows: Evidence from Africa
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Professionals such as lawyers, accountants and corporate service providers have played a critical role in facilitating financial flows from Africa.
OECD Anti-Bribery Convention at 25: Time to step up enforcement
Gillian Dell
Why are EU public registers going offline, and what's next for corporate transparency?
Maíra Martini
Russia in the room: G20 Bali summit must denounce kleptocracy
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Unless measures against illicit finance are prioritised, G20 is on track to lose anti-corruption credibility at the Bali summit.
Trust issues: 9 fixes to the global standard on beneficial ownership transparency
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As worldwide scrutiny over anonymous companies intensifies, reforming the global standard on trust ownership is critical for deterring cross-border corruption.
Countering Russia's kleptocrats: What the West’s response to the assault on Ukraine should look like
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Kleptocracy in Russia has thrived thanks to the complicity of advanced economies, who are now waking up to its dangers.
CPI 2021 for Sub-Saharan Africa: Amid democratic turbulence, deep-seated corruption exacerbates threats to freedoms
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2021 was a turbulent year for Sub-Saharan Africa. On a continent where corruption plunders precious natural resources and impedes access to public services for millions of people,…
2021 Corruption Perceptions Index reveals a decade of stagnating corruption levels amid human rights abuses & democratic decline in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pandora Papers: 10 countries that urgently need to act
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Investigations implicate high-level public officials and private sector intermediaries around the world.
Pandora Papers: Sweeping reforms needed to rein in lawless offshore industry
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Panama: Corporate service providers still guarding anonymous companies
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Five years after the Panama Papers shook the world, corporate service providers are still shielding anonymous companies in Panama and the government is dragging its feet on…
Out in the open: How public beneficial ownership registers advance anti-corruption
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Public registers of beneficial ownership were unthinkable a decade ago, but impact to date makes a strong case for global adoption.
404 beneficial owner not found: Are EU public registers in place and really public?
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Delays in establishing public registers & accessibility barriers undermine EU’s progress in ending kleptocratic abuse of anonymous companies
Access denied? Availability and accessibility of beneficial ownership data in the European Union
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Delays in establishing public registers and accessibility barriers undermine EU’s progress in ending kleptocratic abuse of anonymous companies.
