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Insider threat, audit reform and fraud control: the Wirecard case

blogs Thom Townsend and Jack Lord · Jul 2020

Wirecard, a German financial tech company caught up in a series of accounting scandals, recently filed for insolvency when a USD 2.1 bn hole was found its accounts. Its audit firm, EY, had failed to uncover the discrepancy. Wirecard Card...

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Modelling beneficial ownership data

blogs Steve Day · Jul 2020

Part One in a series of technical posts, collecting our experience from three years of the Global Beneficial Ownership Register.

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Corruption, procurement and COVID-19 in Africa

blogs Professor Sope Williams-Elegbe · Jun 2020

The global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has placed an unprecedented strain on public health systems and decimated economies, lives and livelihoods. In sub-Saharan Africa, the crisis is already showing signs of having a deeper social impact. Existing inequalities...

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Guest blog: Why firms want more company ownership data

blogs Che Sidanius · May 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a raft of urgent measures by governments across the world as they seek to shore up companies amid a mounting economic crisis. In tandem, many have also disbursed unprecedented sums, via expedited procurement procedures,...

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Coronavirus crisis: why knowing beneficial owners in supply chains is fundamental for a good recovery

blogs Thom Townsend and Paul May · Mar 2020

The coronavirus has spread fast, impacting lives and livelihoods. The corona pandemic has and will have far-reaching consequences: not just immediate ones, but also many that have yet to emerge and cannot be easily predicted. One issue that is likely...

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Why Beneficial Ownership Transparency is Crucial in Latin America

blogs Peter Low · Feb 2020

The importance of shining a light on opaque corporate structures created in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been repeatedly underscored by successive money laundering scandals affecting the region.

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