Financial Transparency Coalition

It is a fact that the trust laws of some tax havens openly promote illegality. The reality that some tax havens will not enforce foreign laws (e.g. ensuring non-recognition of foreign laws and judgements that favoured legitimate heirs and former spouses) is even publicly advertised by some offshore service providers, not on the deep web

This report from the Tax Justice Network, funded by the FTC, explains obstacles around sharing of country by country reporting information, and shows the extent of the inequality in access that has been created by the OECD approach. However, the report also provides examples of jurisdictions that have legislated in their domestic laws to obtain

A new working paper from the Financial Transparency Coalition takes an in-depth look why open data standards are instrumental in harnessing the full power of financial transparency initiatives like beneficial ownership transparency and public country-by-country reporting. Publishing information in open data formats is critical to helping legislators, journalists, and citizens understand loopholes in current laws, and will

A new report from Global Witness and Global Financial Integrity, supported by the FTC, looks at how anonymous company ownership can harm businesses, investors and the health of the global economy. The brief includes a number of recommendations, including: