Financial Transparency Coalition

We at the FTC are readying for the next phase of efforts to make the global financial system work for everyone. As part of that, we’re looking back at some of 2015’s most memorable moments.

The U.S. Treasury Department today announced it will require people purchasing high end real estate in New York and Miami to disclose who they really are. Global Witness strongly welcomes this move, which will help stop the criminal and corrupt from hiding behind anonymously owned shell companies to launder the proceeds of crime through the

Right now, most multinational corporations based in Europe don’t have to reveal where they operate, how much they pay in taxes, or how many employees they have in a specific country; instead, they deliver bundled reports that make it difficult to hold them accountable. But new legislation known as the Shareholders Rights Directive could change