Tag Archives | Public registries

UK company transparency: one less place to hide

2 April 2015 in Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government, Private sector

It’s finally happened. UK legislation requiring the true owners of UK companies to be made public, received the final sign off in Parliament last week. Under the new law, UK-registered companies must submit information on their true owners – such as full name and nationality – to Companies House which up until now has not […]

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Corruption in the Americas: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

3 December 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Human rights, Impunity, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector, Sport, Whistleblowing

The 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index does not show significant movement in the scores of the countries in the Americas. For the more cynical among us, this is a good sign as there is always the possibility of worsening. But the reality is that stagnation is not good news. Each year that passes without things improving, […]

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El lavado de dinero: un tema clave que no puede dejarse sólo a los expertos

21 October 2014 in Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Events, Impunity, Miscellaneous, People power, Politics and government, Private sector

A partir de mañana (Oct. 22) un grupo de representantes de gobiernos y expertos que pertenecen al Grupo de Acción Financiera (GAFI) – la Organización líder en materia de políticas contra el lavado de dinero a nivel global – se encontrará en París. La agenda  incluye la adopción de un documento sobre un tema de […]

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Money-laundering: too important to leave to the experts alone

21 October 2014 in Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Events, Impunity, Politics and government, Private sector

Starting tomorrow a group of government officials and experts belonging to the world’s leading anti-money laundering organisation – the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – will be meeting in Paris. On the agenda is the adoption of a document on an issue that has major implications for the fight against crime, corruption and tax evasion […]

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