UNGASS 2021: Commit to transparency in company ownership for the common good
Hundreds of academics, civil society groups and business leaders call for the UN General Assembly to end anonymous shell companies.

Illustration: Sheyda Sabetian
On International Anti-Corruption Day 2020, a group of leading economists, trade unions and civil society organisations tackling issues from human rights, to poverty, to business integrity, came together to call for an end to the abuse of anonymous companies.
Since then, more than 700 signatories from 120 countries have joined the call for the UN General Assembly Special Session against Corruption, UNGASS 2021, to commit all countries to set up central, public registers of beneficial ownership.
Transparency in company ownership is more than a technical solution to a problem. It is a matter of social justice.
Petition
The UN General Assembly’s decision to hold a Special Session against Corruption in 2021 created a historic opportunity for the international community to address the global crisis of corruption.
The undersigned groups and individuals are united in the conviction that it is of the utmost urgency for the UNGASS 2021 to put an end to the abuse of anonymous companies and other legal vehicles that facilitate cross-border corruption and other crimes. We are calling on the UNGASS 2021 to commit to making centralised, public beneficial ownership registers a global standard.
Companies that exist only on paper, exploiting our legal systems and concealing their ultimate ownership, are tools for the diversion of critical resources needed to advance sustainable development and collective security.
For decades, as scandal after scandal has demonstrated, anonymous shell companies have been used to divert public funds, channel bribes and conceal ill-gotten gains, as part of corruption and money laundering schemes stretching across borders.
Beneficial ownership information – information on the natural persons who ultimately own, control or benefit from a legal vehicle – enables cross-border enforcement and the tracing of ill-gotten assets for confiscation and return. In public contracting processes, it helps in the detection of conflicts of interest and corruption. It also makes it easier for businesses to carry out due diligence, helps them know who their partners and customers are and meet reporting obligations.
A central, public register of companies and their ultimate beneficial owners – in addition to information on legal ownership and directors – is the most effective and practical way to record such information and facilitate timely access for all stakeholders.
We have come together to address government leaders currently preparing for UNGASS 2021 with one voice and one clear message: The “concise and action-oriented political declaration” to be adopted by the General Assembly should commit all countries to establish central, public registers of beneficial ownership as the new global standard. This should be supplemented with efforts to verify the collected information in order to ensure the accuracy and reliability of beneficial ownership data.
Transparency in company ownership is more than a technical solution to a problem. It is a matter of social justice.
Corruption devastates the lives of billions of people around the world, while its deadliness has become all the more evident during the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. With only ten years left to achieve the 2030 Agenda targets, we need decisive reforms to ensure that the resources needed to pay for critical public services such as schools and hospitals are not simply misappropriated and hidden away in tax havens or property markets abroad. Centralised, public registers of beneficial ownership as a global standard is precisely that kind of change.
The time for action is now.
Signatories
Academia
Research centres
- Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, United States
- Centre for Governance & Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia
- Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University, Bangladesh
- Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
- Ecoforleaders School of Higher Training in Communion Leadership, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- International Centre for Tax and Development, University of Toronto, Canada
- International State Crime Initiative, Queen Mary University of London
- Transcrime, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway
Individuals
- Abiola Makinwa, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
- Adam Sneyd, University of Guelph, Canada
- Adriana Rosenfeld, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Argentina
- Ahmad Shukri Al Rimawi, University of Jordan (retired)
- Anne Marie Goetz, Center for Global Affairs at New York University, United States
- Antonina Voloshenko, National Defenсe University of Ukraine
- Ayfer Karayel, Galatasaray University, Turkey
- Azeddine Akesbi, Professor of Economics, Center of Education Planning (COPE), Morroco
- Bienvenido Ortega, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
- Brian Seville, Jilin University, Canada
- Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto, Canada
- Dalton Sardenberg, Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil
- Daniel L. Feldman, John Jay College of Criminal Justice at City University of New York, United States
- Dominik Zaum, University of Reading, United Kingdom
- Eduard Ivanov, Higher School of Economics, Russia
- Elena Fernández Gascueña, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
- Elisabetta Iossa, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
- Emmanuel S. Caliwan, Polytechnic University of the Philippines
- Felix Dodds, Water Institute, University of North Carolina, United States
- Fernando Vera Smith, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley, United States
- Georgios Antonopoulos, Teesside University, United Kingdom
- Gitte Heij, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Gordon Bailey, Capilano University (Emeritus), Canada
- Heather Marquette, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Hugh Govan, School of Government, Development & International Affairs at University of the South Pacific, Fiji
- Ina Kubbe, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Jean-Loup Chappelet, Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration at University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Jean-Marc Gollier, University of Louvain, Belgium
- Jeevan Kumar, Centre for Ambedkar Studies at Bangalore University, India
- Jesús Vázquez García, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico
- Jiri Melich, KIMEP University (former), Kazakhstan
- John P. Pace, Faculty of Law at University of New South Wales and Sydney Centre for International Law at University of Sydney, Australia
- José Ugaz, Pontifical Catholic University, former Ad-Hoc State Attorney of Peru and former Chair of Transparency International, Peru
- Joses Kirigia, African Sustainable Development Research Consortium, Kenya
- Kevin I. J. Yeh, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
- Kristian Lasslett, Ulster University, United Kingdom
- Laurie McGauley, Laurentian University, Canada
- Leonard J. Brooks, University of Toronto, Canada
- Liz David-Barrett, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
- Ljubomir Jacić, Technical College Požarevac (Emeritus), Serbia
- Louise Shelley, Terrorism Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, Schar School at George Mason University, United States
- Luís de Sousa, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa
- Martin Hearson, Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom
- Martin Kreutner, International Anti-Corruption Academy (Dean Emeritus), Austria
- Matthew C. Stephenson, Harvard Law School
- Matthew H Murray, School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, United States
- Mauricio Romo Flores, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico
- Michael Breen, Anti-Corruption Research Centre at Dublin City University, Ireland
- Michael Johnston, Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science (emeritus) at Colgate University, United States
- Michael Keefer, University of Guelph (Emeritus), Canada
- Mick Moore, International Centre for Tax and Development, United Kingdom
- Mira Johri, Université de Montréal, Canada
- Miriam Estrada-Castillo, Universidad Casa Grande, Ecuador
- Miriam O'Regan, Professor Technological University Dublin, Ireland
- Moses Agaawena Amagnya, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom
- Muhittin Acar, Hacettepe University, Turkey
- Neila Chaabane, Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis
- Nikolay Naydenov, Sofia University "St. Climent Ohridski", Bulgaria
- Nikos Passas, Northeastern University
- Nils Finn Munch-Petersen, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Denmark
- Noemi Gal-Or, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Emerita), Canada
- Omololu Fagbadebo, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
- Pablo Biderbost, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain
- Pascale Hélène Dubois, Georgetown University Law Center, United States
- Patrick Bizimana, Adventist University of Central Africa, Rwanda
- Paul M Heywood, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Paulinus Okoro, Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Nigeria
- Pawan Kumar Sinha, International Anti-Corruption Academy, Austria
- Prabhat Ranjan, University of Allahabad, India
- Professor Hannah Vowles, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom
- Richard Murphy, Sheffield University Management School, United Kingdom
- Robert Barrington, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
- Robert Gillanders, Anti-Corruption Research Centre at Dublin City University, Ireland
- Ronald Berenbeim, Leonard. N. Stern School of Business Administration at New York University, United States
- Shaazka Beyerle, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, Schar School of Government and Policy at George Mason University, United States
- Sol Picciotto, International Centre for Tax and Development, United Kingdom
- Sophie Lemaître, University of Rennes 1, France
- Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University (Emeritus Professor of Law and Political Science), United States
- Suzana Md-Samsudi, Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia
- Tankie Khalanyane, National University of Lesotho
- Taryn Vian, University of San Francisco, United States
- Thomas Piketty, School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris School of Economics, France
- Thomas Pogge, Yale University, United States
- Vanessa van den Boogaard, International Centre for Tax and Development & University of Toronto, Canada
- Vitezslav Titl, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Business
Companies & associations
- 4MM Consulting, Brazil
- Acosta Morales & Asociados, Ecuador
- Arborealis LEI AS, Norway
- Arcade Legal & Consulting Services, Albania
- Avi One Services, Canada
- Banka BioLoo Limited, India
- Blue Ridge Impact Consulting LLC, United States
- Border Paving Ltd., Canada
- Bulgarian Swiss Chamber of Commerce
- Business Integrity Alliance, Malaysia
- Cabot Capital Partners, Colombia
- Caribbean Office of Trade & Industrial Development Limited, Trinidad and Tobago
- Casinos Austria AG
- Clarke Quay Sàrl, Switzerland
- Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta Sab de C.V., Mexico
- Corporate Research and Investigations Limited, United Kingdom
- CRV & Co, Mexico
- Deep Discovery, Inc., United States
- Dobel Farming and Trading Ltd, Papua New Guinea
- Droguerias Y Farmacias Cruz Verde, Colombia
- Ecco Advisors LLC, United States
- Entegritech Regulatory Compliance Solution LLP, India
- EVO GmbH, Germany
- Fair Tax Mark, United Kingdom
- FEXLAW, Ecuador
- Forum Chambers, United Kingdom
- Genc Myftiu, Albania
- Global Socio-Economic and Financial Evolution Network, Nigeria
- Gray Bay Consultants Limited, United Kingdom
- Havilah Company Limited, Uganda
- Heiwa Business International, Canada
- ICOTeam Europe, Germany
- Industrieconsult, Bulgaria
- Institut für Interne Revision Österreich, Austria
- Integrated Management Systems (IMS) S.r.l, Italy
- Integrity Sports India
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions, United Kingdom
- MECMAC Ltd, United Kingdom
- Multispin Tex Private Limited, India
- NIUGENE PNG Limited, Papua New Guinea
- Pacific 360 Pty Ltd, Australia
- PCR Law & Associates, Australia
- Pedro Azul B.V., Netherlands
- Planus do Brasil
- Procurement Integrity Consulting Services, United States
- PROMIS@Service Sàrl, Italy & Luxembourg
- R.U.R., LLC, Slovenia
- Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Austria
- Reboot Design, United States & Nigeria
- Red Horse Fruit Juice Manufacturer Sendirian Berhad, Malaysia
- Refinitiv
- Sarsenov's Corporate Governance Advisory, United States
- Servicios de Salud Mundial, S.A., Guatemala
- Sigma Risk, United Kingdom
- SIRA International Risk Advisors Inc., Canada
- SJM Online Retail Ltd, United Kingdom
- SKOL & SERNA, Colombia & United States
- Snam, Italy
- South Spain Properties
- Stream House AG, Switzerland
- Tamas Consultants Inc., Canada
- Telos Governance Advisers, United States
- Templeton Research Ltd, Hong Kong
- The Fairfax Group, United States
- The Vera Group, United States
- Trade Center of the Americas, United States
- UK Doorstep Choice Limited
- UNISHKA Research Service, United States
- VAPTECH Bulgaria
- Warrior Square Limited, United Kingdom
- Wealth-X, United States
- White Label Insights, Canada
- World Commodity Freight, United States
Individuals
- Abdullah Mahmood, Service delivery professional, Canada
- Ali Asad N. Malik, Corporate lawyer and compliance specialist, Pakistan
- Andendekisye Mitala Mwakabalula, Executive Director of the Center for Fraud Research and Investigation, Tanzania
- Andrew John Fernbach, Lawyer and founder of GOVLAW, Australia
- Anthony Bennett, Public financial management consultant, United Kingdom
- Avedius Severine, Financial crime specialist, Tanzania
- Bronwyn Best, Ethics consultant, Canada
- Carla Fontanet, Compliance committee member at Pint Pharma, Austria
- Carlos Filipe Pereira Marques, Partner at Gecave – Contabilidade & Gestão, Portugal
- Christopher Stringham, Solution consultant manager, Austria
- Daniele Dai Zotti, Internal auditor, Italy
- Denis Meunier, Anti-money laundering consultant and former deputy director of Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre, Canada
- Eric Hansen, Principal consultant and founder of an investment consulting firm, United States
- Faisal Anwar, Independent consultant in compliance and ethics, Pakistan
- Fikret Sebilcioğlu, Managing partner at Cerebra CPAs & Advisors, Turkey
- Frank Thomas Heckeler, Business executive in the machinery and pharmaceutical industry, Germany & Brazil
- Gabriel Tavera Zafra, Chied executive officer at iSOSRisk S.A.S., Colombia
- Gabriela Cáceres Girón, Independent consultant, Peru
- Greg M. Bernstein, Founder of Grotto Networking, United States
- Hannes Bäck Hyldig, Anti-money laundering specialist, Denmark
- Ian Szlazak, Chief executive officer of Resolution House Inc., Canada
- Ingo Steinhaeuser, Director at Refinitiv
- Innocent Azih, Chief operating officer at Eko Carbon Exchange, Nigeria
- Ivan Georgiev Dimitrov, Compliance officer, United States
- James Wasserstrom, Director of the Wasserstrom Group, Greece
- Jean Pierre Chabot, Consultant and facilitator, Canada
- Joe Garett, Investment banker and principal at Garrett, McAuley & Co, United States
- John G Hudson, Engineer and aerospace and automotive industry auditor, United States
- Jorge Londoño Saldarriaga, Former president of Bancocolombia, Colombia
- José Manuel de Meireles Fontão Pereira, Manager at Ernst & Young, Portugal
- Justin Arnet Connidis, Former senior vice president at ClubLink Corporation, Chairman of Seprotech Corporation and General Counsel of Ontario Securities Commission, Canada
- Karl Stadler, Chief compliance officer, Austria
- Klaus Putzer, Chief editor at Compliance Praxis, Austria
- Learnmore Nyamudzanga, Tax consultant, Zimbabwe
- Lida Preyma, Director at Global AML Risk Management, Canada
- Manunatha Amaratunga, Certified Public Accountant, Sri Lanka
- Mario-Ricardo Calderon, Chief executive officer at Servicios de Salud Mundial, S.A., Guatemala
- Mark Moody-Stuart, Former chairman of Anglo-American PLC and the Committee of Managing Directors of the Royal Dutch Shell Group, United Kingdom
- Mark Morrison, Lawyer (white-collar crime and investigations), Canada
- Martha Hiriart legorreta, Anti-bribery & corruption manager in the financial industry, Mexico
- Márton Szegedi, Lawyer in the telecommunications industry, Hungary & Luxembourg
- Matthias Kopetzky, Forensic analyst, Austria
- Michael David Loewen, Anti-money laundering investigator, Canada
- Michał Zemelka, Chief executive officer at EnterSystem, Poland
- Muhammad Shahzad, Accountant, Pakistan
- Nigel Astbury, Chartered surveyor, United Kingdom
- Nuno Miguel Cunha Rolo, Legal adviser, co-founder and chief executive officer of AIGOV, Portugal
- Olabode Adewoye, Business executive, Nigeria
- Paul van Acker, Compliance specialist, Spain & Netherlands
- Paula van Egmond, Legal counsel and compliance officer, Netherlands
- Peter Dent, Partner at Deloitte LLP and former chair of Transparency International Canada
- Petro Louw, Financial crime compliance expert in the banking industry, South Africa
- Rasmus Engelbrecht, Regulatory affairs expert, Switzerland
- Rehan Ismail, Chartered accountant, Sri Lanka
- Sandro Rogério Onofre, Senior compliance manager in automotive industry, Brazil
- Shainul Bhanji, Certified Public Accountant, Tanzania
- Shirley Dann, Managing Director at Vibe Healthcare Ltd, United Kingdom
- Stephan H. Multhaupt, Entrepreneur and partner at Deep White, Germany
- Sterling Eddy, Business executive (retired), Canada
- Tafadzwa Luke Mupingashato, Financial crime expert, South Africa
- Tannuva Akbar, Compliance analyst, Canada
- Thomas Lüthi, Partner at Pohlmann & Company, Germany
- Thomas Mitro, President & COO, Aerie Pharmaceuticals, United States
- Trevor Casbolt, Compliance officer, Guernsey
- Yehuda Shaffer, Consultant in combatting money laundering and terrorist financing, Israel
- Yohan Favreau, Risk and compliance manager, France
Civil society & non-profit groups
Global & regional
- Academics Stand Against Poverty
- Access Info Europe
- Accountability Lab
- Africa Centre for Energy Policy
- Africa Centre for Open Governance
- Africa Freedom of Information Centre
- AfroLeadership
- Anti-Corruption Data Collective
- Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa
- Article 19
- BankTrack
- Basel Institute on Governance
- BHP Foundation
- Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative, Nigeria
- Catholic Aid for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
- Center for Economic and Social Rights
- Centre for Civil and Political Rights, Switzerland
- Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
- Centre for Law and Democracy
- Civil Forum for Asset Recovery (CiFAR)
- Democracy Reporting International
- Development Gateway
- Directorio Legislativo
- East African Community Youth Ambassadors Platform
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
- Financial Transparency Coalition
- Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI)
- Footprints Africa
- Forum for Women and Development (FOKUS), Norway
- Global Financial Integrity
- Global Forum for Media Development
- Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
- Global Integrity
- Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC)
- Global Policy Forum
- Global Witness
- Government Transparency Institute
- Human Rights Watch
- Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (HIVOS)
- Integrity Initiatives International
- Inter Pares
- International Lawyers Project
- International Service for Human Rights, Switzerland
- International Trade Union Confederation
- Latindadd
- Luminate
- mySociety
- Natural Resource Governance Institute
- OECD Watch
- ONE Campaign
- Open Contracting Partnership
- Open Data Charter
- Open Ownership
- OpenCorporates
- Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
- Oxfam International
- Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations
- Partnership for Transparency Fund
- Publish What You Pay
- Results for Development (R4D), United States
- Shadow World Investigations
- Sisters of Charity Federation of North America
- Tax Justice Network
- Tax Justice Network Africa
- Technologies for Accountability Foundation
- The B Team
- The Sentry
- Trade Union Advisory Council to the OECD
- Traidcraft Exchange
- Transparency International
- Transparency International EU
- Transparency, Accountability & Participation (TAP) Network
- UNCAC Coalition
- Uzbek Asset Return Network
- Water Integrity Network
- Wildlife Justice Commission
- World Animal Protection
- World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Transparency & Anti-Corruption
- World Roma Federation
Individuals
- Angelika Prokop-Grey, Anti-corruption, compliance and ethics expert, Poland
- Bill Orme, Media freedom advocate and expert, United Kingdom
- Bre Smith, Artist, Ireland
- Bruce Hamilton Moore, Former director of International Land Coalition, Canada
- Daniel M. Walyemera, Lawyer, Uganda
- Daniel McElroy, Lawyer, United States
- Daniel Riuz, Human rights researcher, Italy
- Danna Ester Hernández Alvarado, Civic activist, Honduras
- Delia Ferreira Rubio, Chair of Transparency International, Argentina
- Delois Blakely, Founder of the New Future Foundation, United States
- Diego José Torres Saldaña, Lawyer, Ecuador
- Edward Ahangama, Lawyer, Sri Lanka
- Ella Ndikumana, Chair of Transparency International Burundi
- Fabiano Angélico, International asset recovery consultant, Brazil
- Fleury Rakotomalala, Investigative journalist, Madagascar
- Gary Pienaar, Advocate of the High Court, South Africa
- Guillermo Vargas Ayala, Attorney, Colombia
- Gustavo Izquierdo, Anti-corruption specialist, Colombia
- Hashim Awad Abdelmageed, Lawyer, Sudan
- Herbert Rauch, Director of the Institute of Social Analysis, Austria
- Herman Savenije, Sustainable forest management expert, Netherlands
- Iman Mirzazadeh, Lawyer, Iran & Sweden
- Ion Nastas, Anti-corruption expert, Moldova
- Jaime Adrián Arreola Varela, Director General at Durango's Municipal Institute of Youth, Mexico
- Jairo Morales, President of Fundación Fin Social, Colombia
- Joachim F. Reuter, Author and public speaker on ethics, Croatia & Germany
- John Githongo, Anti-corruption activist and former executive director of Transparency International Kenya
- José Salvador González Cervantes, Researcher at Comunidad PIRC/CIDE, Mexico
- Juanita Olaya Garcia, Governance and sustainability expert, Colombia & Germany
- Karen Glossop, Communications and leadership consultant, Canada & United Kingdom
- Karna Nepali, Country programs manager at Raleigh International, Nepal
- Kevin Joseph Comeau, Lawyer, Canada
- Kim Gleeson, Director of Universal Human Rights Network, Australia
- Laurence Cockcroft, Co-founder of Transparency International, United Kingdom
- Léa Kulinowski, Legal officer in corporate accountability, France
- Lilliam Arrieta de Carsana, Legal researcher and law professor at Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, El Salvador
- Linnea Mills, Anti-corruption researcher, Sweden & United Kingdom
- Malika Aït-Mohamed Parent, Anti-Corruption Expert, Algeria
- Mario G Picon, International development expert, Peru & United States
- Mark Pyman, Founder of Curbing Corruption, United Kingdom
- Maxe Fisher, Artist, Canada
- Mirna Galic, Security expert, Japan & United States
- Mona Hafez, Migration expert, Germany & Senegal
- Muleka Kamanisha, Trade union researcher, Zambia
- Nicholas Keith Staite, Former Crown Prosecutor, United Kingdom
- Nicholas Smyrnios, Artist, Greece & Sweden
- Obiageli Ezekwesili, #FixPolitics Initiative, Nigeria
- Olumide Gabriel Areo, Nigerian Students' Accountability Network
- Paul Reid, Former trade union official, Australia
- Peter Eigen, Founder of Transparency International, Germany
- Rainer Bührer, Former assistant director of anti-corruption at Interpol and chief executive officer at KhanyisaNow Ltd, Germany
- Rakesh Raman, Journalist and founder of a humanitarian organisation, India
- Reynaldo Castro Melgarejo, Anti-corruption investigator, Mexico
- Richard E. Messick, Global Anticorruption Blog, United States
- Rob Davidson, Open data advocate, Canada
- Robert Davidson, Member of the Open Government Multi-Stakeholder Forum, Canada
- Roberto Júlio Tibana, Economist, Mozambique
- Rochelle Rocain Dean, Executive director of Civil Society Bahamas
- Rubén Darío León Pineda, Anti-corruption researcher, Colombia
- Santiago Wortman Jofre, Lawyer, Argentina
- Sarah Steingrüber, Global health expert, Germany
- Stephan Klaus Ohme, Financial expert, Germany
- Stuart Hendin, Legal expert, Canada
- Taher Al-Hatef, Anti-corruption researcher, Yemen
- Vitor Manuel Ribeiro Sequeira Neves, Litigation lawyer, Portugal
- Wayne Copeland, Community activist, Canada
- William Bourdon, Lawyer, founder of Sherpa and president of the Platform of Protection of Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF), France
- Wolfgang Keck, Senior advisor at the Digital Society Austria and Institute of Internal Auditors, Austria
- Zia Hashmi, Anti-corruption expert, Pakistan
National
- Accountability Lab Nigeria
- Action Mines Guinée
- ADRA Deutschland
- Advocating Rights in South Asia (Arisa), Netherlands
- Afghan Youth Empowerment Civil Society
- African Children and Youth Development Network, Liberia
- Albanian Center for Economic Research
- Albanian Socio-Economic Think Tank
- ANTICOR, France
- Anti-corruption Action Centre (ANTAC), Ukraine
- Asia Pacific Entrepreneur Associate Chamber of Commerce, Malaysia
- Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia, Argentina
- Associação Angolana de Ética e Sustentabilidade (AAES), Angola
- Association de Développement Agricole Educatif et Sanitaire de Manono, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Association Femmes Action Développement, Algeria
- Association for Farmers Rights Defense, Georgia
- Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, France
- Association For Promotion Sustainable Development, India
- Association of Public Officials in North Macedonia
- ATRAHDOM, Guatemala
- AWTAD Anti-Corruption Organization, Yemen
- B.A.U.M. Network for Sustainable Business, Germany
- Badhon Manob Unnayan Sangstha, Bangladesh
- Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
- Basic Rights Watch, Nigeria
- Better Education For All Befa Foundation Pakistan
- Both ENDS, Netherlands
- Botswana Centre for Public Integrity
- Brain Sluice Africa Child's, South Africa
- Bruno Manser Fonds, Switzerland
- Building Blocks for Peace Foundation, Nigeria
- CAFSO-WRAG for Development, Nigeria
- Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-Corruption (CCEAC)
- Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research
- Canadians for Tax Fairness
- Caucasus Research Resource Center Armenia Foundation, Armenia
- CBCP Caritas Filipinas Foundation
- Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch, Nigeria
- Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN), Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Center for Peace Education and Community Development, Nigeria
- Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria
- Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center), Malaysia
- Centre de Recherche sur l'Anti-Corruption, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Centre for Community Mobilization and Support NGO, Armenia
- Centre for Natural Resources Governance, Zimbabwe
- Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), Netherlands
- Centre for Transparency Advocacy, Nigeria
- Centre for Youth and Children's Affairs, Malawi
- Centre pour la de défense des Droits de l'Homme et Démocratie (CDHD), Democratic Republic of Congo
- Centre Régional Africain pour le Développement Endogène et Communautaire, Cameroon
- Centre Stratégique Pour La Promotion De Développement Durable, Tunisia
- Centro de Estudos para a Paz e Desenvolvimento, Timor-Leste
- Centro de Teatro do Oprimido do Maputo, Mozambique
- CET Platform, North Macedonia
- CEYWI (21st Century Community Empowerment for Youth and Women Initiative), Nigeria
- Chandler Foundation, United States
- Child Vision Sri Lanka
- Children and Young People Living for Peace, Nigeria
- Civil Liberties Organisation, Nigeria
- Civil Pole for Development and Human Rights, Tunisia
- Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development, Nigeria
- Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding, Netherlands
- Coalition for Integrity, United States
- Colegio de Contralores Municipales del Estado de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico
- Colores del Rincón A.C., Mexico
- Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression, Armenia
- Community Development Initiative, Nigeria
- Community Initiatives for Development Pakistan
- Compass Research, Training and Consultancy Center, Armenia
- Conférence Episcopale Nationale du Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Consolation East Africa, Kenya
- Constitution Research Foundation, Azerbaijan
- Cooperation and Development Institute, Albania
- Cyber Policy Centre, Kenya
- Derechos Humanos y Litigio Estratégico Mexicano
- Development & Integrity Intervention Goal Foundation, Nigeria
- Digital Democracy Project at Demand Progress Educational Fund, United States
- EcoLur Informational NGO, Armenia
- El-Aged Care, Nigeria
- Elegia, Armenia
- Empower India
- Environmental Investigation Agency, United States
- ePaństwo Foundation
- Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association, Spain
- Expert Forum, Romania
- Fairfood International, Netherlands
- Finnwatch, Finland
- Foundation Open Society Macedonia
- Freedom Forum Nepal
- Freedom of Information Center of Armenia
- Fundación Agenda Ciudadana, Chile
- Fundación de Estudios Avanzados de Buenos Aires (Fundabaires), Argentina
- Fundación del Empresariado Yucateco A.C., Mexico
- Fundación para la Democracia Internacional, Argentina
- Fundación SES, Argentina
- Gambia Participates
- Gestos – soropositividade comunicação e gênero, Brazil
- Global Peace and Development Organization, Liberia
- Global Youth for Biodiversity Network, Mexico
- Government Accountability Project, United States
- Government Information Watch, United States
- Green Pretzel, Mexico
- Guyana Human Rights Association
- Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights, United States
- Helsinki Citizens Assembly Vanadzor, Armenia
- Huqooq-ul-Ebad Development Foundation, Pakistan
- Improve Your Society Organization (IYSO), Yemen
- Indonesia Corruption Watch
- Institute for Democracy and Mediation, Albania
- Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis Skopje, North Macedonia
- Institute for Democratic Action & Development, Liberia
- Institute for Development Research and Alternatives, Albania
- Instituto de Comunicación y Desarrollo, Uruguay
- Integrity Florida Institute, United States
- International Center for Transitional Justice, United States
- International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka
- International Movement for Advancement of Education Culture Social & Economic Development, India
- International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
- Inuka Kenya Nisisi
- Iraqi Journalists Rights Defence Association
- Jordan Transparency Center
- Junior Chamber International Botswana
- Kindernothilfe (KNH), Germany
- Kleptocracy Initiative, United States
- K-Monitor, Hungary
- Labco Innovación SAS, Colombia
- Lady Lawyer Foundation, Italy
- Lanka Fundamental Rights Organization, Sri Lanka
- Last Hope Foundation, United States
- Law Development and Protection Foundation, Armenia
- Leadership for Equity and Development Initiative, Nigeria
- Literate Pakistan Program
- Mampivoatsy, Madagascar
- Martuni Women's Community Council, Armenia
- Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, United States
- Medical IMPACT, Mexico
- Mining Shared Value, Canada
- MiningWatch Canada
- MY World México
- Nakororiki Youth Association, Vanuatu
- Namibia Institute for Democracy
- National Campaign for Sustainable Development, Nepal
- National Integrity Action, Jamaica
- Natural Resources Justice Network, Malawi
- Neighbourhood Environment Watch Foundation, Nigeria
- Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit, Germany
- NGO Advisor, South Africa
- NGO Computer Literacy Shelter Welfare Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Noble Delta Women for Peace and Development, Nigeria
- Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica, Myanmar
- Observatorio Ciudadano de Transparencia Fiscal, Costa Rica
- Observatorio de Responsabilidad Social Corporativa, Spain
- Ohaha Family Foundation, Nigeria
- Onshor Tunisia
- Open Myanmar Initiative
- Open Society Foundation, Serbia
- Open State Foundation, Netherlands
- OpenData.sk, Slovakia
- OpenUp Ukraine
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Initiative, Nigeria
- Oyu Tolgoi Watch, Mongolia
- Palestinian Consultative Staff for Developing NGOs
- Parliament Watch Italia
- Paung Ku, Myanmar
- People's Forum on Democracy and Good Governance, Kenya
- Philippine Society of Criminology
- PIVJET International, Cameroon
- PLAY!YA, Germany
- Polaris, United States
- Policy Alert, Nigeria
- Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business
- Progress of Gyumri, Armenia
- Project on Government Oversight (POGO), United States
- Proyecto Concentrarte A.C., Mexico
- Public Affairs Research Institute, South Africa
- Public Eye, Switzerland
- Public Journalism Club NGO, Armenia
- Publish What You Pay Canada
- Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation, Aruba
- Raise Your Voice Saint Lucia
- Reboot GB, United Kingdom
- Red Ciudadana por el Desarrollo Sostenible, Mexico
- Red Iberoamericana, El Derecho Informático, Argentina
- Red Line Art Works, United Kingdom
- Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l' Homme, Congo
- Réseau Foi & Justice Afrique – Europe antenne France
- Réseau Ressources Naturelles, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Restart Scientific-Educational Foundation, Armenia
- Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), United Kingdom
- Rural Infrastructure and Human Resource development Organization (RIHRDO), Pakistan
- SEE Change Net Foundation, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- SERAC, Bangladesh
- Sherpa, France
- Silambam Asia, Malaysia
- Single Mothers Association of Kenya
- Social Justice, Côte d'Ivoire
- Social Watch Benin
- Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Nigeria
- Solidarité pour le Développement et les Initiatives de Santé Publique (SOLIDIS), Cameroon
- Spitak Helsinki Group, Armenia
- Spotlight on Corruption, United Kingdom
- Step Up Nigeria
- Stichting Mission Lanka, Netherlands
- Success Capital Organisation, Botswana
- Syndicat Chrétien des Travailleurs du Congo, Congo
- Tax Justice Coalition Ghana
- The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, Malta
- The People's Project, Ghana
- The Workers' Assistance Center, Philippines
- Tojil Estrategia contra la impunidad, Mexico
- Transparency International Afghanistan
- Transparency International Argentina (Poder Ciudadano)
- Transparency International Armenia
- Transparency International Australia
- Transparency International Austria
- Transparency International Azerbaijan
- Transparency International Bahrain (Bahrain Transparency Society)
- Transparency International Bangladesh
- Transparency International Brazil
- Transparency International Cambodia
- Transparency International Cameroon
- Transparency International Canada
- Transparency International Colombia
- Transparency International Costa Rica (Asociación Costa Rica Íntegra)
- Transparency International Costa Rica (Costa Rica Integra)
- Transparency International Czech Republic
- Transparency International DRC (Ligue Congolaise de Lutte contre la Corruption, LICOCO)
- Transparency International Ecuador (Fundación Ciudadanía y Desarrollo)
- Transparency International El Salvador (Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo, FUNDE)
- Transparency International Estonia
- Transparency International France
- Transparency International Georgia
- Transparency International Germany
- Transparency International Ghana (Ghana Integrity Initiative)
- Transparency International Guyana
- Transparency International Honduras (Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa, ASJ)
- Transparency International Indonesia
- Transparency International Ireland
- Transparency International Israel
- Transparency International Italy
- Transparency International Jordan (Rasheed for Integrity and Transparency)
- Transparency International Kenya
- Transparency International Korea
- Transparency International Kyrgyzstan
- Transparency International Latvia (DELNA)
- Transparency International Lebanon (Lebanese Transparency Association, LTA)
- Transparency International Liberia (Center for Transparency and Accountability)
- Transparency International Lithuania
- Transparency International Macedonia
- Transparency International Madagascar
- Transparency International Maldives
- Transparency International Mauritius
- Transparency International Mexico
- Transparency International Mongolia
- Transparency International Montenegro (MANS)
- Transparency International Morocco
- Transparency International Mozambique (Centro de Integridade Pública)
- Transparency International Nepal
- Transparency International Netherlands
- Transparency International New Zealand
- Transparency International Niger (ANLC)
- Transparency International Nigeria (Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC)
- Transparency International Pakistan
- Transparency International Palestine (Coalition for Accountability and Integrity, AMAN)
- Transparency International Panama (Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Libertad Ciudadana)
- Transparency International Peru (Proética)
- Transparency International Portugal
- Transparency International Romania
- Transparency International Russia
- Transparency International Sierra Leone
- Transparency International Slovenia
- Transparency International Spain
- Transparency International Sri Lanka
- Transparency International Sweden
- Transparency International Switzerland
- Transparency International Togo (Alliance Nationale Consommateurs et de l'environnement, ANCE)
- Transparency International Trinidad and Tobago
- Transparency International U.S. Office
- Transparency International UK
- Transparency International Ukraine
- Transparency International Vanuatu
- Transparency International Zimbabwe
- UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
- Unified Media Council of Pakistan
- Union Syndicale des Agriculteurs, Togo
- United Youth for Growth and Development, Nigeria
- United Youth for Growth and Development, Nigeria
- Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Australia
- Uva Shakthi Foundation, Sri Lanka
- Veille Citoyenne Togo
- Willow Empowerment For Grass Root Development Initiative, Nigeria
- WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award, Sweden
- Women in Extractives, Nigeria
- Women's Fund Armenia, Armenia
- Women's Resource Center, Armenia
- Young Professional Development Society Nepal
- Your Public Value, Germany
- Youth for Tax Justice Network, Uganda
- Youth in Technology and Arts Network, Liberia
- YPEUTHINOSPOLITIS, Greece
- Zentrum für Mission und Ökumene – Nordkirche weltweit, Germany
Public sector
Individuals
- Benjamin Reyes Trigueros, Comptroller at City of Pueblo Viejo, Mexico
- D K Srinivas, Principal commissioner of customs, Visakhapatnam, India
- Daniel Ming-Chak Li, Former deputy commissioner at Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Hong Kong
- David K. Akoi, Director of Internal Audit Agency, Liberia
- Diana Cristina Agudelo Henao, Compliance officer at Hospital General de Medellín, Colombia
- Elena Konceviciute, Senior anti-corruption adviser, Lithuania & Belgium
- Erinomo Temitope Olubunmi, Anti-money laundering compliance monitoring officer with a government institution, Nigeria
- Jon Ramberg, Diplomat (retired), Norway
- Juan Manuel López Nadal, Diplomat (retired), Spain
- Lisa Kubiske, Diplomat (retired), United States
- Mallika Mahajan, Chief commissioner, India
- Mohammed Ahmed Basunbul, Senior auditor at Central Organization for Control and Accounting, Yemen
- Otto Reiners, Member of Münster City Council, Germany
- Paula Alexis, Public official (former), Trinidad and Tobago
- Rajendran Kamalakannan, Chief vigilance officer at Cochin Shipyard Limited, India
- Roy John Cullen, Former parliamentarian (Etobicoke North) and member of GOPAC Anti-Money Laundering Global Task Force, Canada
- Samuel Kwadwo Boaten Asante, Former chairman of the Ghana Arbitration Centre and former president of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Sarah Hechavarria, Former manager of economic development for indigenous and northern affairs, Canada
- Thomas C. Marshall Q.C., Former public servant (Ontario) and former Director of Transparency International Canada
- Yen-Hung Lin, Office of Housing Development, Taoyuan City Government, Taiwan
Organisations
- Anti-Corruption Commission of Maldives
- City Council of Ciudad Valles, Mexico
- Deposit Insurance Corporation, Liquidity Fund and Private Insurance Fund (COSEDE), Ecuador
- Libya Asset Recovery and Management Office
- Namibia Anti-Corruption Commission
- SME Corporation Papua New Guinea
- Westminster Foundation for Democracy, United Kingdom
Published: 9 December 2020, 9:00 AM CET; last update: 24 February 2021, 9:00 AM CET.
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