1. Trump lost the 2020 election & then did anything and everything to overturn the results

3 years later, the threat to democracy has intensified

A lot of corporations are complicit

An investigation by Popular Information finds 50 companies have donated over $23 million…

A brilliant thread on how self-interest as much as ideology is driving the 'debate' on illegal immigration...

Alex Chance: Between 2% and 5% of financial flows are believed to be the proceeds of crime and corruption. Some €5 trillion in funds are administered in Ireland, so it's likely sums laundered through Dublin are 'very significant' [that's anywhere between €100 and €250 billion]

This is remarkable - The secret campaign to block international tax transparency initiative

It suggests that case C-37/20 WM and Sovim SA was part of a series of strategic litigation aimed at undermining measures to combat money laundering and fraud

taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/03/08/sec…

🚨JUST IN

A dozen+ civil society organisations including The Citizens & Real Facebook Oversight Board have come together and signed a statement asking the EU Commission to tackle the harms caused by social media recommender systems & protect elections.

Read our statement here 👇…

📚New Resource: Transparency International Ireland’s Speak Up Safely Guide.

Helping workers understand how to blow the whistle safely in Ireland.

Visit the link below. #Whistleblower #Ireland #Legislation
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I will continue the work of Alexei Navalny. I will continue to fight for our country. And I call on you to stand beside me.

Yulia Navalnaya

The Kremlin can't even get their story straight. The initial announcement of 'blood clot' was changed to 'sudden death syndrome'. Then changed to 'unknown' and body sent to a 'repeat expertise'.
Just a reminder that the 'repeat expertise' guys in Russia are also the poisoners.

Let’s be clear, Putin killed Navalny theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

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Our new Speak Up Safely Guide is for anyone who wants to report wrongdoing or misconduct at the workplace and has been updated to take account of Ireland’s revised whistleblowing legislation - the Protected Disclosures…

Tucker Carlson has been useful to Viktor Orban because he helps him hide his corruption behind the veil 'culture war,' as I wrote in September. Reposting because Carlson is in Moscow, doing the same favor for a much bloodier, more dangerous autocrat. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Finance Minister Michael McGrath to re-examine law blocking transparency around firms paid millions for emergency accommodation

independent.ie/irish-news/fin… via Sunday Independent Mark Tighe Paul Egan SC John Devitt

It's quite the stretch to claim that corrupt payments were 'effectively removed' from Irish politics in the 1990s. If they had, Ireland would score 100/100: it doesn't. See Transparency International Ireland's latest release on the index for a more analysis at: transparency.ie/news_events/co… #CPI2023

Would be interested to know if Ireland's absurd beneficial ownership access rules came up when Michael McGrath pitched for the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority today... Transparency International EU

🚨International perceptions 'mask underlying risks' of #corruption in Ireland and the use of its financial services sector to launder much of the world's dirty money.

Corruption Perceptions Index published today transparency.ie/news_events/co… #CPI2023

It is incredible how all authoritarian/illiberal governments always end up stealing. It's not about 'Christianity' or 'traditional values' or 'the people' or 'the nation', ever. It's about money. See: Poland, Hungary, Turkey, Venezuela, not to mention Russia, China etc

The latest findings from our investigative partners at Transparency International Russia are front page news today in Scotland with comment from Steve Goodrich: #dirtymoney

Alma Curran Philantropy is meant to be on top of fulfilling obligations such as paying tax, not instead of. If I didn't pay my income tax, I could be very generous indeed.

Impossible to summarise all of the fascinating discussions at the UN Office on Drugs & Crime Academic Symposium conference in Atlanta today but was great to see Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway's Irish Centre for Human Rights former fellow Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua presenting on human rights approaches to anti-corruption #UnitedAgainstCorruption

Another important myth-busting thread from Danny Boy