Global Financial Integrity

A shadow financial system consisting of tax havens, secrecy jurisdictions and anonymous corporate vehicles makes it easy for corrupt dictators, terrorists, drug traffickers and tax evaders to quietly shepherd their funds out of the developing world and around the planet without notice.

The uprisings of the Arab spring have brought renewed attention to long-standing accusations that kleptocratic regimes throughout the Middle East have plundered their nations' assets. But recovering those assets remains a daunting challenge.

Adarsh, a multi-million dollar residential tower in Mumbai, has just been served with demolition orders. Are the towers the most appropriate symbol of India's anti-corruption movement?

European Parliament Member and Investigative Judge Eva Joly received the Global Financial Integrity 2010 Exemplary Leadership Award in Washington DC e...

It is estimated that $1 trillion in illicit money leaves developing countries every year. This outflow reduces tax collection, cripples foreign aid, undermines free trade and worsens poverty for billions of people.