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May 15, 2024
The #DubaiUnlocked revelations have shed more light on the murky world of real estate in UAE, where corrupt elites & money launderers have been stashing cash & scooping up opulent property for years.
Have déjà vu? We’ve been speaking a lot recently about the need for more oversight of UAE’s efforts to fight dirty money. 🧵⬇️
Headlines & investigations about dirty money flowing into UAE aren’t new & haven’t gone unnoticed by the international community. So, we were disappointed when @FATFNews removed UAE from their monitored “grey list” earlier this year, when numerous corrupt elites & criminals still appear to own property in Dubai totally encumbered.
Before the @FATFNews decision, we wrote a letter to them saying it was too early to assess…
More from @anticorruption
May 15, 2024
The #DubaiUnlocked revelations have shed more light on the murky world of real estate in UAE, where corrupt elites & money launderers have been stashing cash & scooping up opulent property for years.
Have déjà vu? We’ve been speaking a lot recently about the need for more oversight of UAE’s efforts to fight dirty money. 🧵⬇️
Headlines & investigations about dirty money flowing into UAE aren’t new & haven’t gone unnoticed by the international community. So, we were disappointed when @FATFNews removed UAE from their monitored “grey list” earlier this year, when numerous corrupt elites & criminals still appear to own property in Dubai totally encumbered.
Before the @FATFNews decision, we wrote a letter to them saying it was too early to assess if UAE measures to fight financial crimes are being properly implemented. We also pointed to evidence that UAE has not acted on known cases involving individuals facing sanctions in other jurisdictions. politico.eu/article/uae-un…
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Dec 20, 2023
⚡️ Good anti-corruption news from 2023 ⚡️
While anti-corruption progress tends to be slow, this year has yielded some good news!
🧵 Here’s a thread with some of the wins we helped achieve ⬇️
In February, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of #LuxLeaks whistleblower. The public interest in leaking the data showing how multinationals constructed complex strategies to avoid paying taxes outweighed the detrimental effect. icij.org/investigations…
In March, thanks to @Transparency_GE & CSOs in raising awareness, the government withdrew its controversial ‘foreign agents’ law. The legislation would have had a serious negative impact on the space for civil society & independent media in the country. bbc.com/news/world-eur…
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Dec 11, 2023
#CoSP10 ➡️ Here are 5 ways #UNCAC20 can promote political finance transparency ahead of the BIGGEST ELECTION YEAR IN HISTORY! 🧵
1) Close loopholes that allow third parties, shell companies and anonymous donors to enter politics.
2) Introduce comprehensive public reporting systems at all levels.
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Sep 28, 2023
On this International #RightToKnow Day, we’re reiterating our call on governments who committed to trace the assets from kleptocratic to publicly share measures they’ve taken. ⬇️
Disappointed that governments do not make this information available systematically & proactively, together with our chapters & partners we sent requests to 20 jurisdictions. We asked about financial sanctions imposed, investigations started & assets targeted.
Surely, we thought, this information would be easy to provide (SPOILER ALERT: it wasn’t). For public authorities to know that measures are working & effective, they need to be tracked.
But 7 countries did not respond at all, while 2 refused to provide responses. ⬇️
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Feb 20, 2023
🔴 The EU Commission is taking 8 countries to court for failing to transpose the Whistleblowing Directive (meaning, for failing to protect #whistleblowers). 1/5 ➡️ ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…
🇪🇺 EU countries have had YEARS to adapt the Whistleblowing Directive into national laws. Only a few did it on time. Many have done it over a year after the deadline (Dec 2021). As of this day, this is the situation. ⬇️ 2/5
The countries that the 🇪🇺 EU Commission is taking to court are Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary and Poland. The Commission found their explanations for the delays ‘unsatisfactory’. whistleblowingmonitor.eu
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Dec 29, 2022
Our partners @OCCRP have announced one end of year award you wouldn’t want to win...
This year’s Corrupt Person of the Year is Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch who controls the mercenary Wagner Group. occrp.org/en/poy/2022/
Prigozhin built his wealth similarly to many other oligarchs, even serving a jail term for robbery as a young man – but later in life he turned to geopolitics when he began using his Internet Research Agency to spread disinformation, including interfering in the US.
In 2014, the Wagner Group arose after Russia’s initial attack on Ukraine. While Prigozhin’s precise connection to the group’s beginnings is opaque, he now proudly asserts ownership of the organisation that has been linked to numerous human rights abuses around the world.
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