Financial Transparency Coalition

A year ago, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was seen as a historic opportunity to uncover hidden assets from Russian oligarch and other sanctioned entities and individuals.

On Friday, April 1st at 13:00-14:30 CET / 11:00-12:30 UTC the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) hosted a high-level panel discussion on offshore wealth.

100 Reporters, the cutting edge non-profit group of journalists focused on exposing corruption, is sponsoring a photography contest. Two years after Teodorin Obiang and the rest of the corrupt Equatorial Guinea regime were exposed for lavish spending in the United States, 100 Reporters is asking contestants for images of corruption in New York City, as world leaders gather at the United Nations.

WASHINGTON, DC – Two recent articles published in The New York Timesexpose how criminals, terrorists, corrupt foreign politicians, and tax evaders abuse anonymous U.S. shell companies to launder their profits and impede law enforcement investigators, highlighting the need—says Global Financial Integrity (GFI)—for Congress to enact legislation requiring disclosure of the true (human) beneficial owners of corporations, trusts and foundations.