Financial Transparency Coalition

In 2016, the movement against illicit financial flows leaped forward. We look back at some of 2016’s most memorable moments:

Earlier this week, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), along with their partners at the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR) and 18 media outlets around the continent, released a new batch of Panama Papers stories with a specific focus on African nations.

We saw a familiar scene at the end of the Anti-Corruption Summit in London. Participating countries delivered a strong communique, and committed to increasing international transparency on tax to deter tax crimes and ‘prevent individuals from concealing proceeds of crime, including corruption in other jurisdictions’. The diagnosis of the problem is spot on, but, unfortunately, the

New analysis from James S Henry looks at the amount of money leaving emerging economies headed for tax havens and offshore financial centers. More below: