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You can now search Botswana's new public beneficial ownership register using the names of individual people. Learn more about this register is powered by the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard from Open Ownership and Open Data Services stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/how-botswana-i… #openstandards

Register now to join paco nathan and myself for a live podcast on Tuesday 17 June to learn more about investigating beneficial ownership using knowledge graphs app.getcontrast.io/register/senzi… #beneficialownership #openstandards #opendata #knowledgegraphs #entityresolution

Looking forward to tuning in to this podcast Open data + knowledge graphs of company beneficial ownership next week with Stephen Abbott Pugh and paco nathan, who have done so much for this space!

Reminder: 3 days left to apply for the #consultancy supporting #BeneficialOwnership #transparency in #Mongolia🇲🇳 under the #OpeningExtractives programme, implemented w/ Open Ownership! Fluency in Mongolian & English required. Deadline: 13 June Details 👉 eiti.org/offers/consult…

The Swiss cogs of change continue to turn slowly with latest draft legislation to set up Switzerland’s national beneficial ownership register due for consideration by the Council of States today parlament.ch/en/ratsbetrieb… Transparency 🇨🇭

We have the tools to combat Flags of Convenience and fight #IUUfishing, eg EU Control Reg. Open registries allow for abuses. #BeneficialOwnership supports #IUU, we want to stop it, says Mr Andresen, EU Maritime & Fish International Ocean Governance & Sustainable Fisheries Director. #UNOC3

On June 17, join paco nathan & Stephen Abbott Pugh to explore how #UBO data + graph tech expose hidden networks behind shell companies. Standards like BODS are key to fighting financial crime. Register now: hubs.li/Q03rVmFf0 #GraphPowerHour #GPHFTWLFG #EntityResolution #ERKG

Business Information Providers play a vital role in bridging jurisdictional gaps, helping compliance teams uncover hidden risk patterns and strengthen due diligence. Access to structured international UBO data and company registries is key to fight against financial crime.

Yesterday Switzerland's Council of States voted in favour of the latest draft of a federal beneficial ownership register bill adding discrepancy reporting but it won't cover trusts, foundations or associations and access restricted to government parlament.ch/FR/ratsbetrieb…

Good to see David Lammy recommit to hosting a Countering Illicit Finance Summit in London as part of promises made during his Mansion House speech yesterday gov.uk/government/spe…

The British Virgin Islands has now been grey listed and placed under increased monitoring by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). FATF decision: fatf-gafi.org/en/publication… BVI government statement: bvi.gov.vg/media-centre/v…

Singapore's Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act came into effect on 16 June 2025 to improve the country's register of beneficial owners ("controllers") and to request information on nominee relationships acra.gov.sg/news-events/ne…

Swiss beneficial owner register to tackle money laundering (via SwissInfo.ch) swissinfo.ch/eng/various/to…

On March 26, Treasury Department scrapped critical federal rules that would have made most anonymous shell companies illegal. Julie Brinn Siegel explains why the move makes the American financial system, and Americans, less safe: atlanticcouncil.org/uncategorized/…

Join FEBIS and DT4C Alliance for an in-person event hosted by MEP Isabel Benjumea, bringing together EU policymakers, regulators, and industry experts to explore the next steps in strengthening the EU’s financial crime prevention framework. 👉febis.org

Final draft of the FFD4 Outcome Document on beneficial ownership transparency: "We commit to enhance beneficial ownership transparency and cooperation on exchange of beneficial ownership information. We will implement effective domestic beneficial ownership registries with high

Great to catch up with new Cayman Islands Premier André Ebanks yesterday. Cayman is a key member of our global family. Many topics discussed: including security, environment & enhancing access to Cayman’s new register of beneficial ownership. 🇬🇧🇰🇾 ➡️ gov.uk/government/new…

This week as co-chairs of the APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax, Andrew Mitchell and I met with the Cayman Islands' new Premier Hon. André Ebanks Office of the Premier, Cayman Islands. It was reassuring to hear of his goal to have an accessible beneficial ownership registry that will help journalists, civil society, and

Great to see celebration of a decade of open corporate data from Companies House with a focus on the economic and transparency value of the information, plus support from Transparency International UK and Kyckr on how they rely on it every day gov.uk/government/new… #opendata

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek “sought to use Southeast Asian shell companies to access high-end semiconductors that cannot be shipped to China under US rules” - Reuters reuters.com/world/china/de…