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From The Luxembourg Times: Luxembourg authorities collected more than €50 million in additional tax revenue immediately following ICIJ's publication of the #PanamaPapers, Finance Minister Gilles Roth said in response to a parliamentary question last week.

International Lawyers Project are hiring an anti-corruption specialist www.internationallawyersproject.org/career-oppor... Deadline EOD Wednesday 28 May 2025 Interviews week of 5 June 2025

I see we're back to credulously reporting the "millionaire migration" claims of a company that sells migration services to millionaires. I have contacted the people behind these studies and they wouldn't tell me the underlying numbers. Only HMRC actually knows how many millionaires have moved.

UK lawyers need to be effective gate keepers against dirty money that comes into the UK. But is the current anti-money laundering framework working to make sure they do? Our latest report showing that despite some promising signs, ambitious reform is needed to move the dial.

Incredible opportunity here to work with the brilliant @aj16.bsky.social at the Joffe Trust, tackling illicit finance (Programme Director). Absolutely essential work in these dangerous times. joffetrust.org/join-our-tea...

If they are to remain credible, the FATF and European institutions need to begin treating the US as a high-risk jurisdiction

A lot here that applies in the UK too, on tackling Trump by fighting dirty money.

How's UK civil society responding to Trumpworld & the rise of the far right? I asked LinkedIn's hive mind & this is what I heard, so far. www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-uk...

Brilliant deep dive into Bangladeshi politician's multi-$100m's property empire inc 315 UK properties. 'Yunus has described the alleged looting of banks by elites as “highway robbery”, and said the money “has to be brought back”.' @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org on.ft.com/3F02YBW

Such important analysis: 35% of voters feel economically insecure & are looking for political alternatives Surely this is the political challenge of our times, to fight populism?

Kevin Roberts, President of Heritage Foundation, architect of Project2025. 12 Feb 2025: "The woke, international, progressive elite is fundamentally a hate group. They hate the US. They hate democracy .. Christianity .. Judaism .." Jawdropping. x.com/KevinRoberts...

"The US was on the verge of major anti-corruption reform. Then Trump took office." from Casey Michel www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

.@OliverBullough 's opinion piece urges the U.K. to “step up where the U.S. is stepping back” in fighting corruption, including funding networks like OCCRP that do “indispensable journalistic work"

⭐ EXCITING OPPORTUNITY to join our small friendly team at @spotlightcorruption.org! We're looking for someone to lead our work on defending UK democracy – pushing for reforms to: 👉 enhance public trust in govt & 👉 prevent foreign interference in UK politics. 📆 Deadline: Sunday 16 March #CharityJob

Just endured every excruciating minute of this. With Trump sitting there, the kid wandering around, Musk gives a crash course in his theory of democracy that would embarrass a semi-literate stoner. These are fools in charge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAuT...

Just to keep up with what Musk is saying

📣 Less than a week left to apply to our Director of People and Operations (Maternity Cover) role! If you’re someone who is a caring and collaborative people and operations professional apply now! bit.ly/3DYcrJi

I'm hearing a lot from the media NGO sector about the impact of USAID cuts. A lot of small investigative media organisations across the globe are facing imminent closure as the funding they've budget for has vanished overnight, and the funder community has no capacity to absorb the shock.

Despite repeated promises from the British Virgin Islands to tackle corrosive corporate secrecy its latest proposals look like a smokescreen for continued secrecy. @transparencyuk.bsky.social’s @margotmollat.bsky.social explains… www.transparency.org.uk/news/smokesc... #AntiCorruption #DirtyMoney

In the old days (when I still used twitter), I had a weekly newsletter called Oligarchy, in which I looked at what was happening in the world of financial skulduggery. I took a break to write a book, but it's back this week! Sign up this week if you'd like to get it. www.codastory.com/newsletters/

After Tulip Siddiq's resignation, Emma Reynolds becomes Economic Secretary to the Treasury. Torsten Bell is promoted to joint junior minister at Treasury and DWP.

Tulip Siddiq resigns as City minister. In letter to PM Siddiq said that while she had "not breached the ministerial code", it is clear that continuing as a Treasury minister would be "a distraction from the work of the govt” PM tells her ‘door always open for a return’ news.sky.com/story/pressu...

BREAKING: Tulip Siddiq has resigned as a Treasury minister In a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the Labour MP said that while she had "not breached the ministerial code", it is clear that continuing in her post would be "a distraction from the work of the government"

Hurrah! the must-read Oligarchy newsletter with @oliverbullough.bsky.social gh is back ! Sign up here mailchi.mp/codastory.co...

Of course the Tulip Siddiq affair involves prime London property owned through secret BVI companies! And the Panama Papers & independent journalists still bringing more secrets to light. www.thetimes.com/article/9d0c...

Fantastic new job at the heart of the UK's fight against dirty money & corruption. @fpcthinktank.bsky.social fpc.org.uk/about/workin...

NEW: A Guernsey advisor help Assad's uncle manage a property empire worth hundreds of millions in Europe. A window into how the UK enables kleptocrats who've butchered their own people and hidden stolen millions offshore www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

Brilliant investigation into British enablers helping the Assad family with hundreds of millions of pounds of ill gotten loot from Syria.

💥 NEW 💥 Security Minister @danjarvismp.bsky.social announces new Domestic Corruption Unit at today's Economic Crime Congress. This is an important development in the fight against corruption here in the UK. See our full reaction ⤵️ www.transparency.org.uk/economic-cri...

Kamlesh Pattni has been sanctioned by the UK. He was implicated in the Goldenberg scandal which almost bankrupted Kenya and in 2023, @ajiunit.com's #GoldMafia investigation found that he was smuggling gold from Zimbabwe www.gov.uk/government/n... www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/...

🔹BREAKING🔹 ✨Gov announces Baroness Hodge as new Anti-Corruption Champion✨ We welcome the appointment of a new Champion and look forward to working with Baroness Hodge to turn the UK in the Anti-Corruption Capital of the world. More 👇

BREAKING - it's official - Margaret Hodge to be new Anti-Corruption champion. This is very exciting - a strong challenge role and we look forward to working with her on developing a really ambitious Anti-Corruption Strategy. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

Statement in the Commons today by the Government, on tackling corruption at 3:30pm - one to watch this Anti-Corruption Day. We're expecting a few announcements

Worried about #ElonMusk buying his way into UK politics? Think we need to take money out of our democracy? Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!

Here's some thoughts from me about how to keep dark money out of British politics, and why it's urgent to do it now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Good to see Guardian featuring my latest piece about how Elon Musk's putative $100m donation to Farage shows how broken the regulation of our democracy is- and how we can fix it Piece is here: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m... Now Democracy for Sale's most popular ever post. Do share!

Essential reading by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the prospect of Musk bankrolling the Reform Party. As Peter has been arguing for years, Britain's electoral laws are decades out of date. That has left our democracy wide open to plutocratic capture. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...

Also today, an investigation by the Observer, in partnership with @bcowdock.bsky.social @transparencyuk.bsky.social, reveals Bangladeshi power players accused of corruption have amassed a portfolio of British real estate worth almost £400m – and possibly much more:

Fascinating primer on the next Financing for Development Conference, Seville, July 2025 by @mattikohonen.bsky.social shorturl.at/KeBaN

Exclusive: Lord did not disclose pressure group link while opposing lawfare reform www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/25/l...

Spot on analysis of footdragging in the endless push for transparency in the UK's overseas territories.

David Lammy on anti-klepto sanctions "I committed to taking on kleptocrats and the dirty money that empowers them when I became Foreign Secretary and these sanctions mark the first step in delivering this ambition. The tide is turning. The golden age of money laundering is over." shorturl.at/XhfQ0

I have a new report out today! I gathered some of my favourite people to look ahead to the UK’s next FATF mutual evaluation in 2027. Is the UK any better at dealing with money laundering and terrorist financing than 10 years ago? Read on to find out! www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

Over the weekend, the Government published its communique on the back of the meeting it had with Overseas Territories. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Another OT defying Stephen Doughty's insistence that legitimate interest access is just a selling stone to full public registers.

Great video by David Lammy on his new campaign against corruption and illicit finance: www.linkedin.com/posts/davidl...