The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition today warmly welcomed the Biden Administration’s publication of a first-ever U.S. national strategy to combat corruption.
On December 6, the Brookings Institution, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Center for European Policy Analysis, the Transatlantic Democracy Working Group, the FACT Coalition, and the Leveraging Transparency to Reduce Corruption initiative will co-host a seminar on the fight against corruption and its relationship to advancing democracy and addressing democratic backsliding globally.
FACT Joins 31 Civil Society Organizations and Experts to Send a Letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee in Support of Six Bipartisan Anticorruption Measures
By a veto-proof margin, the House of Representatives passed legislation ending anonymous companies on the eve of International Anti-Corruption Day, teeing up final Senate passage.
Transparency International has issued on a factsheet on the importance of anti-corruption measures, including beneficial ownership disclosure, in formulating a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The revelatory Luanda Leaks by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and 35 partner organizations exposed the critical role financial service providers – frequently Western – play in facilitating massive international financial scandals.
