Financial Transparency Coalition

We saw a familiar scene at the end of the Anti-Corruption Summit in London. Participating countries delivered a strong communique, and committed to increasing international transparency on tax to deter tax crimes and ‘prevent individuals from concealing proceeds of crime, including corruption in other jurisdictions’. The diagnosis of the problem is spot on, but, unfortunately, the

Comes as Investors Convene in DC to Discuss Governance, Social and Environmental Risks to Investors and Companies and as the US government commits to corporate transparency measures at the international Anti-Corruption Summit in the UK

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As the UK Anti-Corruption Summit closes, it’s vital that countries rapidly implement commitments made As a group of world leaders lend their names to the Anti-Corruption Summit in London, it’s important that we see action from all nations to put an end to tax abuse, corruption, and other illicit flows.

The Anti-Corruption Summit hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron has started today and will continue through tomorrow. Heads of State, business leaders and civil society representatives will be in attendance with an aim to “expose corruption, punish perpetrators, and drive out the culture of corruption.” And this could not be more timely.