Where do parents find the time to parent? Less sleep, work and screens. Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading. homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p...

If Europe wants to buy European, it needs to see through shell companies stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/if-europe-wa... #beneficialownership #openstandards #publicprocurement

The repeal of the "endangerment finding" will make it harder for future administrations to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act without a new law or amendment passed by Congress—with serious public health and climate consequences

The Dutch branch of Louis Vuitton has agreed to pay a 500,000 euro ($594,000) settlement in connection with a money laundering case, public prosecutors in the Netherlands announced on Thursday.

Czechia’s Babiš faces accusations he didn’t fully cut ties to his agricultural empire (@politico.eu) www.politico.eu/article/czec... Sense of déjà vu... Here's the beneficial ownership structure Babiš used for Agrofert last time he became Czech Prime Minister www.openownership.org/en/publicati...

C4ADS is partnering on the Global OSINT Conference — a practitioner-driven forum for people doing impactful investigations. 📅 5 October 2026 | 📍 London | 🎟️ Tickets: £35 Co-organized by @osint-community.bsky.social and the @PoliceDigital, with BISI. More information and tickets 👇 buff.ly/f48ei94

Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu

Eight former U.S. ambassadors to NATO and eight former U.S. supreme commanders in Europe issued a joint letter arguing for continuing Washington’s commitment to the NATO alliance, calling it “the cornerstone of United States national security” and “vital” to preserving U.S. global interests.

🆕 BLOG The new law to safeguard our democracy does little to address a longstanding and ever-present threat. As the new elections bill is published, @stevejgoodrich.bsky.social argues that more must be done to tackle the influence of money in politics. www.transparency.org.uk/news/governm...

How the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard can help EU member states to decipher information on complex corporate structures 🔍🇪🇺 www.linkedin.com/posts/stephe... #beneficialownership #openstandards #datastandards #interoperability #AMLR #AMLA #UBO #AML #CDD #customerduediligence #opensource

New rules will mean companies will have had to make sufficient revenue to cover their political donation; be headquartered in the UK; and be majority owned or controlled by UK electors or UK citizens usually resident in the UK

🚨 BREAKING: The Belgian police has raided the European Commission buildings as part of a property sale probe. Read the developing story: www.politico.eu/article/belg...

Here's the Representation of the People Bill - put forward by Steve Reed MP - proposing new rules for the UK when it comes to elections, political donations and campaigning bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080 Press release: www.gov.uk/government/n...

Trump-linked World Liberty Financial to launch forex remittance platform reut.rs/4tz5wvp

"Transparency, compliance and accountability are not just abstract concepts that pose no consequences when ignored" Why Indonesia's stock market crash is a self-inflicted governance failure - The Reformist www.thereformist.id/p/editorial-...

Belgian police have raided the European Commission, targeting premises in Brussels including the budget department, in a probe looking at potential irregularities in the sale of real estate assets - two people briefed told @paolatamma.bsky.social & @lauramdubois.ft.com as.ft.com/r/bca6b36e-5...

How the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard can help EU member states to decipher information on complex corporate structures 🔍🇪🇺 www.linkedin.com/posts/stephe... #beneficialownership #openstandards #datastandards #interoperability #AMLR #AMLA #UBO #AML #CDD #customerduediligence #opensource

Exposed: Big Tech is rewriting the rules globally 🚨 In the Big Tech Lobby Playbook we reveal how these giants are shaping laws and politics in their favour, all around the world. Spoiler alert: their influence is unprecedented. 🧐 Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...

🚢 More than 500 shadow fleet vessels sail under false flags to keep exports of sanctioned oil flowing. Dozens have crossed European waters. Under maritime law, they can be intercepted, as the U.S. and France have recently shown. But will the rest of Europe act fast enough?

Great point here by @stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social The EU is taking important steps toward transparency in real estate ownership by overseas entities. But making that data usable for tracing dirty money across borders needs a common data standard. stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/standardisin...

New research published by @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social maps how 2,000+ Chinese Communist Party-linked front organisations are operating in democratic states, shaping domestic politics and subverting Western democracies - including over 400 organisations in the UK jamestown.org/harnessing-t...

Labour will end the use of “dodgy front companies” that hide the source of dark money for political donations as part of its sweeping elections bill - report by @jessicaelgot.bsky.social for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

New details for the elections bill coming today - - Bans on foreign shell companies giving donations - MPs banned from accepting gifts or hospitality worth more than £2000 from foreign companies - Likely crypto restrictions to come But no auto registration or independent for Electoral Commission

The Sovereign Tech Agency is exploring how to better support open source maintainers and contributors who are actively working on technology standards relevant to their open source infrastructure projects.

If Europe wants to buy European, it needs to see through shell companies stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/if-europe-wa... #beneficialownership #openstandards #publicprocurement

The European Union has issued a call for evidence on how best to enhance the identification of shareholders, the transmission of information and the transparency of institutional investors, asset managers and proxy advisors across Europe. Deadline: 6 May ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

FT exclusive: Jes Staley was named as a trustee of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate up until at least 2015, newly released documents show, which appear to undermine court testimony from the former Barclays boss that he turned down the role. www.ft.com/content/f459...

Good morning with good news: Renewables and nuclear will generate 84% of European Union's electricity by 2030! RE rises from 48% to 63%! Coal plunges 16%/year thru 2030! Gas falls 6%/yr thru 2030! EU will reach 100% RE & nuclear. When? 2040-2045? P.44: www.iea.org/reports/elec... #energysky

UK to ban political party donations from foreign-owned companies ft.trib.al/9IPn1l3

🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...

"It's notoriously difficult to establish ownership of shadow fleet vessels. Ships have registered owners, which are often shell companies or entities set up to manage a single vessel. The names of real, or 'beneficial' owners are frequently hidden" - BBC Indepth www.bbc.com/news/article...

The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Finance has issued Cabinet Decision No. 209 of 2025 on Exchange of Information upon Request for Tax Purposes to update how it applies and implements the OECD's Exchange of Information on Request Standard www.wam.ae/en/article/b... #AEOI

Missed our conference “From Secrecy to Transparency: The End of Hidden Wealth?” You can still join the conversation 👇 We’ve published the full recordings from both days, featuring sessions that bridge the gap between research and real-world policy. 🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

New EU study on flag state responsibilities and 'open registers' for vessel registration has this revealing Sankey diagram showing the EU-flagged ships that changed their flag in the last year before being recycled and where they were finally dismantled op.europa.eu/en/publicati...

🚨 Today, the European Parliament voted on an EU-wide list of ‘safe countries of origin’. Labels do not create safety. Only reality does. Tunisia is on this list – despite numerous reports of repression and violence. Nevertheless, it was declared “safe” today. 1/3

EU moves closer to creating offshore centres for migrants and asylum seekers - report by @jenniferrankin.bsky.social for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

The EWG team is continuing its development of its Structuriser product which helps businesses create and manage corporate structures - leveraging the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard www.structuriser.com Details: www.linkedin.com/posts/struct... #beneficialownership #openstandards

Excl: In 2024, two Russians set up a new carbon fibre in Armenia, called Rydena. Both men had previously worked for Umatex, a division of the Russian state nuclear giant Rosatom. Umatex has been named by US and UK authorities as a "critical" supplier to the Russian war machine. [1/3]

Exclusive: Rosneft oil refinery in Germany warns of risks from US sanctions reut.rs/4ksQbIB

The EU executive wants to cut Chinese firms out of the bloc's lucrative public contracts at home and abroad by overhauling its budget rules, according to three European Commission officials.

EU seeks to ban all trading with Russian crypto assets as part of new sanctions package focused on cracking down on evasion of existing restrictions on dealing with Moscow - according to official @ec.europa.eu proposal document seen by @andybounds.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/fd4a82b2-1...

A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off. The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.

"As of January 21, 2026, 15,358 Ukrainian companies have participants, shareholders, or ultimate beneficial owners from Cyprus, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia" - report by YouControl blog.youcontrol.world/the-revenue-...

"I haven’t been able to find any windfarms in China" - Donald Trump at Davos last month Let's see what @globalenergymon.bsky.social data shows... globalenergymonitor.org/report/globa...

A smarter single market: why transparency and data must drive EU #publicprocurement reform. Our Head of Europe Karolis Granickas on the key reform needs @ec.europa.eu www.open-contracting.org/2026/02/06/a...

"Switzerland + its stakeholders are recognised worldwide for their integrity + transparency. They are not attractive for illegally acquired assets ... [but] it is likely that there's a high number of unreported cases" - Switzerland's new Anti-Corruption Strategy 🤨 www.news.admin.ch/en/newnsb/sy...

Question from Sir Graham Brady: "What support has the UK government provided to the British Virgin Islands in developing and implementing their public beneficial ownership registers?" Answer from Baroness Chapman: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques... #beneficialownership

More than 13,500 international business companies have been struck off by Antigua and Barbuda as the country looks to update its compliance with international standards on tax transparency and beneficial ownership antigua.news/2026/02/09/1...

Using Companies House public beneficial ownership data, the @neo4j.com team demonstrates how some UK companies have more than 20 layers of ownership observable just in the UK data github.com/erikbijl/neo... #Neo4J #UBO #AML #graphdatabase @danneidle.bsky.social