Senate moves to end anonymous shell companies to crack down on money...
1st August 2013 Global Witness applauds Senators Levin (D-MI), Grassley (R-IA), Feinstein (D-CA) and Harkin (D-IA) for introducing legislation that would make it much harder for the corrupt and other...
View ArticleCongress moves to stamp out money laundering, tax dodging and corruption
23rd October 2013 Global Witness applauds Representatives Waters (D-CA) and Maloney (D-NY), who later today will introduce two pieces of legislation that would make it much harder for the corrupt and...
View ArticleCampaigners challenge Cameron to keep promise to tackle company secrecy
24th October 2013 The UK government must use the Open Government Partnership summit in London next week to end the secrecy surrounding who really owns millions of UK companies, campaigners said today....
View ArticleGlobal Witness welcomes UK’s historic rollback of corporate secrecy
31st October 2013Include in Homepage Featured Items feed: off David Cameron will pledge today to make public the names of who actually owns and controls British companies, in a move applauded by...
View ArticleCampaigners give onshore and offshore secrecy jurisdictions the red light
25th November 2013Include in Homepage Featured Items feed: off Some of the world’s most infamous secrecy jurisdictions, such as the British Virgin Islands and Jersey are considering becoming more...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament votes to end anonymous shell companies
20th February 2014 Today two key committees of the European Parliament voted in favour of creating public registries of who ultimately owns and controls companies and trusts registered in the EU, in a...
View ArticleUkraine asset recovery meeting must examine banks' role in state looting
28th April 2014 Efforts to recover stolen assets from the Ukraine need to paired with proactive steps to stop banks enabling state looting, said Global Witness as the international community gathers in...
View ArticleMessi’s alleged tax evasion scheme relied on hiding the owners of UK and...
1st August 2014 According to a Spanish prosecutor’s document, Lionel Messi’s alleged multi-million euro tax evasion scheme relied upon hiding the names of the real owners of companies registered in the...
View ArticleReport reveals threat to U.S. interests from anonymous shell company owners
25th September 2014 Owners of anonymous companies registered in U.S. states are ripping off innocent people and businesses across America, says this new report. Include in Homepage Featured Items feed:...
View ArticleThe Great Rip Off Map
8th October 2014 This is a project to map the abuse of anonymous company ownership around the world. Include in Homepage Featured Items feed: off
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