Financial Transparency Coalition

He bought the company, exerted influence, and dictated events to be covered, and he did it all anonymously. Just two weeks ago, all we knew was that a company called NEWS + MEDIA GROUP, LLC purchased The Las Vegas Review Journal, Nevada’s largest daily newspaper. It was reported that an executive from NEWS + MEDIA GROUP told journalists that

Global Witness Statement on Proposed Section 1504 Rule Today the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a strong proposed rule to implement a landmark transparency law which requires US-listed oil, gas and mining companies to publish details of their payments to governments, broken down per country and per project, with no exemptions.

WASHINGTON, DC – Illicit financial flows from developing and emerging economies surged to US$1.1 trillion in 2013, according to a study released Wednesday by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington, DC-based research and advisory organization. Authored by GFI Chief Economist Dev Kar and GFI Junior Economist Joseph Spanjers, the report pegs cumulative illicit outflows from developing

Just hours ago, tax transparency campaigners received a welcome victory by way of the French National Assembly, which approved a measure supporting public country by country reporting for corporations. Rather than vague bundled reports that are difficult to decipher, a requirement for country by country reporting would make it much easier to know basic information about a