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By: Thom Townsend

Thom Townsend is executive director of OpenOwnership.

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  • Financial secrecy is the enemy in the fight against corruption

    Here’s a stat to start your Monday morning: 70 per cent of grand corruption cases, when politicians or their associations misappropriate and use public funds for their personal benefit, involve the use of anonymous companies.  Last month’s Luanda Leaks are a poignant reminder of how transnational and complex corruption has become. Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s [...]

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