Financial Transparency Coalition

Financial secrecy is ruining poor countries and football clubs alike, says new report Manchester United tops a Football Secrecy League published in May 2010 by international development agency Christian Aid to highlight the secrecy offered by tax havens, and its potential for harm. Report pdf here. The league shows the extent of secrecy in top-flight

European and Asian companies, including Bangkok-based THAISARCO (a subsidiary of British metals group AMC), UK-based Afrimex, and Belgium-based Trademet have been buying minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that are funding armed groups and fuelling conflict, said Global Witness in a report published today. The 110-page report, entitled ‘Faced with a gun, what