VIDEO: Corruption and anonymous companies explained
By Hannah Weitzman Last month, activist Charmian Gooch won the 2014 TED Prize, giving her organisation, Global Witness, $1 million toward her cause: making company ownership more transparent and...
View ArticleBig news: UK government sends phantom firms on ‘permanent holiday’
There is some great news! Today, a bank holiday in the UK, the UK government has announced that it is sending company secrecy on a permanent holiday, by requiring that the identities of those who own...
View Article10 Years Together: Looking back on a decade of ‘mind-boggling’ progress
This week, ONE celebrates 10 years of campaigning with members and partner organisations around the world. We’ve come a long way together At ONE, we believe injustice in the world is a preventable,...
View ArticleWhy ex-FIFA official Ricardo Teixeira deserves a red card
Ricardo Teixeira Neymar. Dempsey. Suarez. Messi. Robben. These are some of the stars of the 2014 World Cup. There’s one more name you should know: Ricardo Teixeira, aka “Tricky Ricky”. He led the...
View ArticleGiant Russian dolls deliver important message to European Parliament
ONE staff take giant Russian dolls to the European Parliament in Brussels for a debate about anonymous shell companies. Photo: ONE Anonymous shell companies are a lot like Russian dolls: you never know...
View ArticleTrillion Dollar Scandal: The biggest heist you’ve never heard of
In 2014, we revealed a shocking scandal. Every year, more than a trillion dollars is siphoned out of developing countries. A trillion! That’s twelve zeros: 1,000,000,000,000. Imagine what that could...
View ArticleA victory in the fight against phantom firms
About 18 months ago I sat in the audience at an Open Government Partnership event eagerly waiting for the UK Prime Minister to take the stage. Along with over 75,000 ONE members across Europe, I’d been...
View Article5 things your government can do to make the world less corrupt
This is a guest blog post from Sophie Taylor and Joseph Kraus, ONE Policy Officers for Transparency and Accountability. Unless you’ve been living in a yurt on a remote beach in the Cook Islands (one of...
View ArticleCould you help us change the law?
Take ACTION and tweet influential MPs below. Tomorrow, MPs will vote on the Finance Bill – a set of measures and proposals that will change the way we manage our tax system. Excited? You should be!...
View ArticlePanama Papers reveal Africa losing billions to corruption and bribery
By Theophilous Chiviru In April the Panama-based law firm, Mossack Fonesca, made international headlines after thousands of its clients’ confidential documents were made public. Recently, another...
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