🗣️ "I'll continue advocating for London to end its reputation as the dirty money capital of the word." New chair of APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax, Joe Powell MP used his maiden speech last week to call for London to become the anti-corruption capital of the world.

📝 BLOG 📝 Following a number of high profile scandals how can the new Government can reform lobbying in the UK to restore public trust and improve elite behaviour. New guest post on our blog. ✍️ ben worthy and Michele Crepaz transparency.org.uk/how-do-we-solv…

This is welcome news. Transparency International UK previously called for the most rigorous due diligence possible on this proposed takeover: theguardian.com/business/artic…

We welcome today’s news that the National Crime Agency (NCA) has secured the forfeiture of a substantial asset portfolio linked to Azeri banker Jahangir Hajiyev. Ending the UK’s role as a safe haven for suspicious wealth means seeking accountability through the courts and seizing ill-gotten gains.

More background on today's news re: the outcome of the UK's first Unexplained Wealth Order case from Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project occrp.org/en/daily/18941…

Our colleague Iftekhar Zaman, ED of Transparency International Bangladesh, spoke with the @NYTimes about the situation in Bangladesh. Read it here: nytimes.com/2024/08/10/wor…

💰 Last Friday, we hosted a critical discussion on dirty money, foreign interference, and procurement issues impacting the UK and Canada. 🔗 Read about it here: transparencycanada.ca/news/0tbhxe59y… Transparency International UK @Anticorruption #DirtyMoney #UK #Transparency

>50% of companies in the Panama Papers were in the BVI, and those companies appear in 1 in 5 suspicious activity reports filed by banks with money laundering concerns. Glad Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office making clear the need for public corporate registers at a minimum. politico.eu/article/virgin…

Donors should not be calling the shots on policy, especially how to fund our democracy🤞It's just a rumour. Labour had committed to reforming political donations in its manifesto. Still a big opportunity here to rebuild trust in politics. Hope they don't blow it.

MPs and Lords demand LSE academic is released from brutal detention in 🇦🇿 by Tara Fair Please find article at Daily Express illustrating that the 25 lawmakers co-signed a letter to the president of 🇦🇿 to demand Dr. Ibadoghlu's release👇 express.co.uk/news/world/193… #FreeGubad

We at Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project refute the inaccurate portrayal of our story and work made by the Georgia Dream party. We stand by our story and it’s accuracy. occrp.org/en/40-press-re… via Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Unfortunately this is not an isolated case, with dozens of similar stories up and down the country. Recent reforms to Companies House should help stop similar crimes being committed in the future, but only if implemented effectively. Devil is in the detail and criminals adapt.

Yet to finish my first cuppa, so could be wrong here, but Kadyrov saying Elon Musk broke US sanctions?

Wonder which Caribbean jurisdiction provided the shell company used to enable this attempt at sanctions evasion by Venezuela justice.gov/opa/pr/united-…

✨ NEW ✨ Last week we joined NGO's including Spotlight on Corruption, International Lawyers Project and UK Anti-Corruption Coalition in writing to David Lammy urging the UK to take action to identify, seize and return assets stolen from the people of Bangladesh by corrupt officials. See the full letter ⤵️

In 2021, we revealed the King secretly gave a CBE to a Saudi donor who paid millions in a deal brokered by royal aides Paying for an honour is a crime But The Met covered up the scandal, never investigating properly or speaking to the men at its heart—Charles and the Saudi 1/5

As HM Treasury decides how to ramp up money laundering supervision for lawyers and accountants, our new long read shows gaping holes in legal sector accountability following recent SRA enforcement action for money laundering breaches: spotlightcorruption.org/falling-at-the…