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Anonymous shell companies are getaway cars for the world’s criminal and corrupt. We have been campaigning to take away the keys, by pushing governments to change laws and bring the people who own and control companies - the so-called ‘beneficial’ owners - out into the open.

Article | May 18, 2021
Ending the “worst problem you’ve never heard of”: the campaign to stop the use of anonymously-owned companies

For over a decade Global Witness has been at the forefront of the campaign to end anonymous companies - the getaway cars for the criminal and corrupt all over the world
Blog Post | December 16, 2020
The era of anonymous companies in the US is nearly over

The US is clamping down on the getaway cars for the world’s criminal and corrupt. Unmasking anonymous companies in the US has been over a decade in the making.
Press Release | December 11, 2020
Congress passes historic anti-corruption provision, culminating decade-long fight to end anonymous companies in the US

This beneficial ownership provision, known as the Corporate Transparency Act, is the major step in closing the loopholes allowing financial crime to thrive in the US.

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Campaign | October 14, 2020
Anonymous company owners
Press Release | September 30, 2020
Huge win for anti-corruption campaigners as BVI pledges company ownership transparency
Press Release | September 23, 2020
US real estate key vehicle for money laundering, and as the ‘FinCEN files’ reveal, anonymous companies are at the heart of it
Briefing Document | September 23, 2020
On The House
Press Release | September 21, 2020
Global Witness response to the ‘FinCEN files’ leaks
Press Release | August 15, 2020
Isle of Man tax regime allows super-rich to avoid up to £1 billion in VAT on private jets
Article | August 15, 2020
The Tax Haven Next Door
Briefing Document | July 22, 2020
Out of the shadows

Briefing Document | September 23, 2020
On The House
Briefing Document | July 22, 2020
Out of the shadows
Briefing Document | May 06, 2019
Getting the UK's house in order
Briefing Document | February 22, 2017
Don’t take it on trust
Briefing Document | October 23, 2017
Learning the lessons from the UK’s public beneficial ownership register
Briefing Document | September 07, 2016
Chancing it
Briefing Document | July 12, 2016
Hidden Menace
Briefing Document | November 29, 2015
The UK's corruption problem

Press Release | December 11, 2020
Congress passes historic anti-corruption provision, culminating decade-long fight to end anonymous companies in the US
Press Release | September 30, 2020
Huge win for anti-corruption campaigners as BVI pledges company ownership transparency
Press Release | September 23, 2020
US real estate key vehicle for money laundering, and as the ‘FinCEN files’ reveal, anonymous companies are at the heart of it
Press Release | September 21, 2020
Global Witness response to the ‘FinCEN files’ leaks
Press Release | August 15, 2020
Isle of Man tax regime allows super-rich to avoid up to £1 billion in VAT on private jets
Press Release | March 20, 2020
Only a handful of EU countries meet key money laundering deadline
Press Release | March 11, 2020
New bank levy must be used effectively in fight against dirty money
Press Release | February 12, 2020
EU takes legal action against eight Member States over anti-money laundering failings

Report | May 04, 2016
Out of Africa
Report | February 01, 2016
Lowering the Bar
Report | July 22, 2015
Mystery on Baker Street
Report | September 25, 2014
The Great Rip Off
Report | June 20, 2012
Grave Secrecy
Report | March 11, 2009
Undue Diligence
Report | June 26, 2014
Myanmar’s Oil and Gas

Blog Post | December 16, 2020
The era of anonymous companies in the US is nearly over
Blog Post | December 16, 2019
Murder, misinformation and money-laundering: Weapons in the arsenal of the Russian state
Blog Post | December 05, 2019
The US just reached this anti-money laundering milestone
Blog Post | July 18, 2019
Who lives in a home like this? We might soon find out……
Blog Post | May 06, 2019
UK Government’s ‘no-questions-asked’ approach to companies gives money launderers a free pass
Blog Post | December 04, 2018
Cleaning up closer to home – why the Crown Dependencies need to go public
Blog Post | August 03, 2018
How we mined the world’s first open data register of company control
Blog Post | July 24, 2018
Three ways the UK’s register of the real owners of companies is already proving its worth