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May 11th, 2016
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.
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May 9th, 2016
2016 is a big year for the open government movement, and recent revelations from the leaked Panama Papers will only serve to forward the transparency discussion further. As we’ve seen from the worldwide coverage, things like hidden company ownership and strict secrecy have fueled questionable links between world leaders and offshore jurisdictions. Luckily, from the
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March 28th, 2016
There has been a big push in recent years to make government data open so citizens know where their tax money is spent– from snow collection in Chicago and broken street lights in Tbilisi, to what public officials declare about their assets in Mexico and their lobbying meetings with companies in the EU. While data
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February 4th, 2016
Last Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a jaw dropping segment on the role lawyers, banks and anonymous companies play in allowing dirty money to flow into the United States. The piece, based off of an undercover investigation by FTC member Global Witness, revealed just how willing a number of New York lawyers were to offer advice
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