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African Development Bank Group Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Our Director of Implementation Karabo Rajuili: “African-led initiatives like this Network position the region as a leader in financial transparency. Through political will + technical know-how, BOT is making it significantly harder for the corrupt to hide their ill-gotten funds”

This is significant Africa-led collective action to advance BOT reforms. I'm proud Open Ownership is co-convening & facilitating several practical discussions as part of our ongoing partnerships with governments on the continent 🇧🇼🇬🇭🇰🇪🇱🇷🇲🇼🇳🇬🇸🇳🇿🇦🇳🇦🇸🇨🇿🇲

Are we on the verge of another CJEU decision that will not only fail to fix a problem but create a bigger one? If the EU Court of Justice follows the Advocate General’s opinion, Golden Passport schemes could spread across the EU – giving the corrupt many options to gain EU citizenship

"The call for beneficial ownership transparency in Africa is not merely a regulatory compliance issue; it is a moral imperative" - Abdoulaye Coulibaly, director of governance and economic reforms at African Development Bank Group addressing Africa BOT Network (AfBOTN) in 🇸🇨

Such a loss for the open government and right to information communities, and all who knew the phenomenal Helen Darbishire 🇪🇺 💔 thank you Helen, for inspiring so many of us & driving so much progress in the EU and beyond, always with such intellect, humour and humanity

Pleasure to speak with the G20 anti-corruption working group this week on how beneficial ownership transparency supports the 🇧🇷 Presidency's theme of building a just world and sustainable planet. Thanks to the ACWG Chair Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) for the invitation 🙏🏼

Information is the key to taxing the rich. Automatic exchange of banking information, yes. And we must agree to create national and global registries of the beneficial owners of all assets, explained Jayati Ghosh at the IMF & World Bank meetings side event.

📢29 Oct: we're at 2 side events during the Financing for Development Conference multistakeholder hearings! #FfD4 1)@unodc, Tax Justice Network Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria 🇳🇬, CAF: Levelling the playing field: how company #transparency drives financing for dev't 💻bit.ly/FfD4-OO-side-e… 👇

Our Favour Ime discusses #transparency reforms in #Africa on African Business: much progress has been made, but there’s more to do in Africa and beyond for company transparency rules to prevent corrupt actors from being able to hide ill-gotten money. ➡️african.business/2024/10/trade-…

Our Executive Director, Thom Townsend (mas.to/@thomtownsend), live at this #FfD4 side event, highlighted that the elites who are stealing money in countries are moving it across borders to jurisdictions where it can be hidden, because the international financial system still has pockets of secrecy...

Speaking on #BeneficialOwnership #transparency reform in relation to #FinancingForDevelopment, Thom Townsend (mas.to/@thomtownsend): We need stronger language that goes beyond simply "encouraging". This information NEEDS to be available, not just for tax purposes but for a whole range of other reasons.

JUST ANNOUNCED: On December 3, join Open Ownership in collaboration w/ National Democratic Institute & EITI International for an event highlighting new resources on beneficial ownership transparency. Register here: bit.ly/4fmgPjg

I've joined the Bluesky club, find me there bsky.app/profile/louise…

Great to see EU Tax & Customs 🇪🇺 recognising the links between #beneficialownership and taxing the super-rich. At Open Ownership we're seeing increasing opportunities to leverage BOT for effective taxation - my latest blog is on how BOT can support #wealthtaxes : openownership.org/en/blog/for-we…

Governments and countries hoping to clamp down on tax abuse need to ensure they are collecting high-quality and accessible #BeneficialOwnership data. How can beneficial ownership transparency help effective taxation? See our latest piece by Louise Russell-Prywata: openownership.org/en/blog/for-we…

Join us tomorrow at the #OECDIntegrity Forum for a deep dive into tackling opacity in real estate ownership. We'll unveil the brand-new "Opacity in Real Estate Ownership (OREO) Index", developed by Transparency International and the Anti-Corruption Data Collective. The assessment ranks 24