Anti-Corruption Data Collective

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Commission takes action to ensure complete and timely transposition of EU directives The European Commission is taking action against several EU Member States that have failed to notify the Commission of measures they have adopted to transpose EU Directives into their national laws. T

The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden after the countries failed to provide comprehensive access to beneficial ownership information ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.

New with the @postandcourier.bsky.social, @ajc.com and @istories.bsky.social...

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US sanctioned Sergey Khotimskiy and the bank he co-founded, Sovcombank. He finalized the transfer of as much as $43 million in real estate to his ex-wife before the sanctions.

High time to curb bank capture  - Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence

A new #GIACE blog by Michael Hornsby (@acdatacollective.bsky.social) explores how #BGFIBank DRC enabled embezzlement, disguised bribes, and laundered funds for the Kabila regime — drawing on revelations from the Congo Hold-Up investigation.

Read here: bit.ly/ACDCBlog2

The decision to postpone the private investment anti-money laundering rule has been made official today. See the order below, and our full reaction quoted.

www.fincen.gov/sites/defaul...

Treasury Exposes U.S. to Increased Risks of Dirty Money By Delaying, Reopening Private Investment Anti-Money Laundering Rule Treasury’s plan to postpone and reopen a rule finalized last year that introduced groundbreaking anti-money laundering safeguards for the $130 trillion U.S. private investment sector will only heighte...

Postponing and reopening last year's groundbreaking anti-money laundering rule for the $130 trillion private investment sector will only serve to heighten existing illicit finance and national security risks.

Read FACT's full reaction here:
thefactcoalition.org/private-inve...

Treasury Exposes U.S. to Increased Risks of Dirty Money By Delaying, Reopening Private Investment Anti-Money Laundering Rule Treasury’s plan to postpone and reopen a rule finalized last year that introduced groundbreaking anti-money laundering safeguards for the $130 trillion U.S. private investment sector will only heighte...

“This decision sends a signal to criminals and U.S. adversaries that they can continue to move illicit funds through the massive and opaque U.S. private investment sector with impunity.” thefactcoalition.org/private-inve...

gijn.org Fossil Fuel Investigations: How to Find Stories Using Oil and Gas Supply Chains

The oil and gas industry is complex and notoriously opaque. But with new tools, it’s become easier for investigators to dig into this field.

Here, the @acdatacollective.bsky.social and Data Desk share their commonly used resources. https://twp.ai/9PTQTf

Our new briefing & typology on the Congo Hold-Up is out today. More & exciting research to come in the next few months

Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption - Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence This briefing reveals how BGFIBank DRC was transformed into a vehicle for grand corruption by Congo’s ruling elite. It details how illicit financial flows were enabled through mis-invoicing, fictitiou...

Financial institutions are the arteries of modern economies—but when captured, they become pipelines for illicit wealth.
@acdatacollective.bsky.social's new brief "Inside the Congo Hold-Up" shows how BGFIBank DRC was hijacked by the Kabila regime to launder public funds.

🔗 bit.ly/ACDCPolicyBr...

🗓️ Don't miss the launch presentation and discussion hosted by @giace.bsky.social this afternoon!

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🔴 How can a captured bank become an engine of grand corruption❓

Our new briefing dives deep into the Congo Hold-Up investigation to reveal the tactics used to embezzle and launder funds through BGFIBank in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

acdatacollective.org/work/inside-...

Building a Transparent Future with Open Data, AI, and the Legal Entity Identifier - GLEIF Blog - News & Media – GLEIF Money laundering poses a systemic and seemingly intractable threat to the global economy. Despite public demand for greater corporate transparency and…

News: The first members of the Global Open Data Integration Network (GODIN) are here!

These organisations are pushing #OpenData forward:
@globalenergymon.bsky.social, SC-DEX, @acdatacollective.bsky.social, Global Media Registry

More: www.gleif.org/en/newsroom/...

Join @szakonyi.bsky.social presenting our new paper on the schemes and tricks deployed at BGFIBank DRC to embezzle and launder public funds, as revealed by the #CongoHoldUp investigations.

🚨 Upcoming ACE Seminar
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption

🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8

@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social

gijn.org Fossil Fuel Investigations: How to Find Stories Using Oil and Gas Supply Chains

The oil and gas industry is complex and notoriously opaque. But with new tools, it’s become easier for investigators to dig into this field.

Here, the @acdatacollective.bsky.social and Data Desk share their commonly used resources. https://twp.ai/9PU6jJ

Spain's problems with illicit wealth laundered through real estate likely goes deeper than Madrid thinks.

acdatacollective.org/blog/spains-...

MEPs and their lobby meetings, one year in: new rules, more meetings, more cause for concern? - Transparency International EU It’s now almost a year since a new European Parliament was elected and a new crop of MEPs undertook their mandates to serve European citizens. It also means we now have a years’ worth of new lobby mee...

The top 7 fossil fuel firms & their networks held 1,000+ meetings with MEPs in under a year.

@transparency-eu.bsky.social has analysed 31,000+ MEP meetings since June 2024, revealing a sharp rise in fossil fuel lobbying. Learn more ⬇️

Future of fighting corruption in the EU stands on knife’s edge - Blog European Union Anti-Corruption Directive crucial that the Council rises to the Parliament’s position

The EU Anti-Corruption Directive is a key opportunity to make real progress against corruption across the bloc. But success depends on @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu resisting attempts by countries to undermine these efforts from within the Council. ⬇️ www.transparency.org/en/blog/futu...

💸CBS-Princeton in Money in Politics conference starting in ~12 hours 💸

Join @szakonyi.bsky.social presenting our new paper on the schemes and tricks deployed at BGFIBank DRC to embezzle and launder public funds, as revealed by the #CongoHoldUp investigations.

The Only Material. Exhibition. Our exhibition about Ukrainian journalists whose personal dreams were reshaped — but not erased — by Russia’s war against Ukraine.

What drives a journalist before war redefines everything?

Join us on 26 June in Berlin for the opening of The Only Material, our exhibition on Ukrainian journalists shaped — but not silenced — by war.

📍 Museum for Communication, Berlin
🔗 Register here to join: www.ecpmf.eu/the-only-mat...

60 organisations sent a reminder to Hoekstra ahead of the climate talks in Bonn - Fossil Free Politics A timely reminder signed by 60 organisations was sent to EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra. Initiated by the Fossil Free Politics campaign and supported by the KickBigPollutersOut coalition, we’r...

🔔 Reminder sent 🔔

60 organisations have sent a timely reminder to EU Climate Commissioner wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu calling on him to protect UN climate talks from fossil fuel industry influence at Bonn #SB62

💌: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/reminde...

#FossilFreePolitics #PollutersOut
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Criminals wanting to formalize their proceeds is the *point* of money laundering

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US tycoon pours $100mn into Trump crypto project after SEC reprieve Chicago trader Don Wilson backs Trump family’s bitcoin venture after administration drops lawsuit

US tycoon pours $100mn into Trump crypto project after SEC reprieve

https://www.ft.com/content/548161ee-0cfb-4f0c-90ea-b3ff3567f09d

EXCLUSIVE: UAE to be removed from EU money laundering black list - Euractiv The EU and UAE agreed to open talks on a free trade deal in April.

🔴 @ec.europa.eu reportedly plans to remove the UAE from the EU’s high-risk list for money laundering. Again.

Their justification? “Some progress” in judicial & law enforcement cooperation.

That’s not nearly enough. ⬇️

The Corporate Transparency Act levels the playing field for small businesses - @mainstreetalliance.bsky.social www.crainsnewyork.com/op-ed/op-ed-...

Financial secrecy rocks democracies, Financial Secrecy Index finds - Tax Justice Network Countries supplying the most financial secrecy are shifting towards autocracy, our ranking of the world’s biggest enablers of dark and dirty money reveals.

The US once again ranks #1 on @taxjustice.net's financial secrecy index, following rollback of anti-corruption measures like the Corporate Transparency Act and the gutting of the IRS' ability to pursue tax avoidance by wealthy individuals and corporations.

taxjustice.net/press/financ...