Financial Transparency Coalition

The story of financial secrecy is finally trending. The latest leak, known as the Panama Papers, were published on Sunday and have given us a rare glimpse into the offshore financial system that’s so heavily shrouded in secrecy. But for months a different debate around financial transparency has been brewing in the European Union.

PRESS RELEASE Investigations vindicate the need for strengthening of financial systems across the globe NAIROBI, 6 April 2016 – The recent revelation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) of a systematic and complicit scheme of tax evasion involving major world leaders (past and present), wealthy individuals and a host of multinational corporations (MNCs)

Our friends at RightingFinance have just released the first in a series of toolkits exploring the intersection of human rights and tax policy. Please read the following blog, crossposted from the RightingFinance website for more information.

In the March edition of Taxcast, a podcast produced for the Tax Justice Network: Is the US president really serious about tackling corruption in the finance sector? Are the presidential candidates? Now they can prove it. Bank Whistleblowers United tell us how they can restore the rule of law to Wall Street and avoid the