Financial Transparency Coalition

The story of financial secrecy is finally trending. The latest leak, known as the Panama Papers, were published on Sunday and have given us a rare glimpse into the offshore financial system that’s so heavily shrouded in secrecy. But for months a different debate around financial transparency has been brewing in the European Union.

PRESS RELEASE Investigations vindicate the need for strengthening of financial systems across the globe NAIROBI, 6 April 2016 – The recent revelation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) of a systematic and complicit scheme of tax evasion involving major world leaders (past and present), wealthy individuals and a host of multinational corporations (MNCs)

Our friends at RightingFinance have just released the first in a series of toolkits exploring the intersection of human rights and tax policy. Please read the following blog, crossposted from the RightingFinance website for more information.