Unfinished business: Despite FATF money laundering list exit, UAE has much to prove
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Addressing the Emirates’ role in facilitating cross-border corruption needs continued monitoring
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.
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.
CPI 2021 for Asia Pacific: Grand corruption and lack of freedoms holding back progress
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Asia has witnessed 10 years of mass movements calling for action against corruption, but much of this public outrage has been co-opted by populist leaders and…
2021 Corruption Perceptions Index reveals a decade of stagnating corruption levels amid human rights abuses & democratic decline in Asia Pacific
Press •
Banking scandals: On corporate culture, public interest and role of Western governments
Frank Vogl
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…
Tracking corruption across the Sustainable Development Goals
Matthew Jenkins
Not so open Lux: Authorities in the dark over Luxembourg private investment fund beneficiaries
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Despite Luxembourg’s steps to shine a light on corporate ownership, the country's investment funds largely operate in an opaque manner.
CPI 2020: Trouble at the top – An analysis
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The last year has again shown that no country is immune from corruption.
Welcome to Miami, Venezuelan kleptocrats
Transparency Int'l
Despite sanctions, the networks of Venezuela’s corrupt elite continue to reach the United States
Gary Kalman
Next week governments can take a step to close down secrecy jurisdictions. Will they?
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National financial regulators attending the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary in Paris 16 – 21 February have the opportunity to significantly reduce money laundering,…
