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Secret company ownership: a global solution for a global challenge

4 April 2016 in Accountability, Financial Integrity, Politics and government

The way the rich and powerful hide their ill-gotten gains is headline news around the world today. The Panama Papers show everyone how easy it is to set up secret companies that let people avoid taxes and launder money. Kings do it, business tycoons do it, footballers do it, presidents and prime ministers do it.  […]

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Messi and the International Impunity System

7 August 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Americas, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government, Private sector, Sport

The ongoing prosecution of football super star Lionel Messi for alleged tax evasion made global headlines last week. Messi and his father Jorge are accused of evading 4.2 million euros (US$5.6m) in tax on sponsorship earnings in court documents submitted by the prosecutor. The alleged tax evasion scheme was based on using a web of […]

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G20 anti-corruption meeting: progress, but without ambition

25 June 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Europe and Central Asia, G20, Politics and government, Private sector

The G20 is making progress in the fight against corruption. However for all the talk, the representatives of the world’s leading economies are not setting the bar high enough. From our point of view, unless the G20 mandates and enforces greater corporate transparency, corrupt public officials, gangsters, drug dealers and terrorists will continue to misuse […]

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Shelving the shells

19 March 2014 in Access to information, Anti-corruption movement, Asset recovery, Financial Markets, Impunity, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector

From one corruption fighting organisation to another, hats off to Global Witness. Founder Charmian Gooch and her colleagues have been recognised for their stellar efforts to highlight the damage done by corrupt practices in the extractives sector. In her award winning TED talk, Gooch highlighted the role of ‘the facilitators’ – global banks and global […]

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