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U.S. response to the Panama Papers: A step in the right direction but more action is needed

9 May 2016 in Americas, Financial Markets, Politics and government, Private sector

The massive leak dubbed the Panama Papers has given the UK Anti-Corruption Summit on May 12 an unexpected boost. Those coming to the summit, now including the U.S., are lining up to make announcements about the steps they are taking to tackle corruption and specifically financial secrecy. On Thursday the Obama Administration announced a series […]

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THE PANAMA PAPERS AND TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL

9 April 2016 in Politics and government, Private sector

  Communicators are strong swimmers. We don’t always sprint, but we can handle long distances and the hard swim upstream. The Panama Papers have exposed a global web of secrecy and corruption that hurts all of us. It has also exposed the Chair of our chapter in Chile and that deeply troubled us. He of […]

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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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OECD sheds light on transnational corruption

5 December 2014 in Accountability, Anti-corruption Conventions, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, G20, Impunity, Measurement and Research, Politics and government, Private sector

This week, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published a ground-breaking report that dissects the massive and mostly hidden phenomenon of transnational corruption. Looking at more than 400 bribery cases across 41 countries that amounted to US$13.8 million per bribe, the report gives a glimpse inside the shadowy world of corrupt practices by […]

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