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It’s none of your business! – Report on Europe’s Closed Company Registers

2018-11-13T10:10:47+01:00

Madrid, 7 April 2016 – In the wake of the massive Panama Papers scandal, Access Info Europe and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) have released a report showing that in most European jurisdictions data on company ownership is almost impossible for the public to obtain. For an investigative journalist tracking down money laundering or organised crime, the main obstacle to accessing company registration information in Europe is financial: the register can be obtained for prices ranging from €75,000 in the Netherlands to € 286,000 in Estonia; single record costs range from €2.33 in France to €767.00 in

It’s none of your business! – Report on Europe’s Closed Company Registers2018-11-13T10:10:47+01:00

Backroom Brussels? Report calls for EU lobbying clampdown

2018-11-13T10:10:48+01:00

Nutra Ingredients | 06/04/2016 English - A transparency watchdog has called for legally-binding measures to tackle lobbying in the EU, following the release of its report that claimed permanent representations for member states were being left wide open to corporate pressure. Read more...

Backroom Brussels? Report calls for EU lobbying clampdown2018-11-13T10:10:48+01:00

El Consejo de Transparencia tramitará las reclamaciones sobre el acceso a la información pública de los ciudadanos de Ceuta

2018-11-13T10:10:49+01:00

El Faro Digital | 05/04/2016 Spanish - El Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno tramitará las reclamaciones que, relacionadas con el derecho a saber, presenten en su territorio y contra resoluciones del Gobierno de Ceuta sus ciudadanos. Read more...

El Consejo de Transparencia tramitará las reclamaciones sobre el acceso a la información pública de los ciudadanos de Ceuta2018-11-13T10:10:49+01:00

Business access to Irish EU officials queried

2018-11-13T10:10:51+01:00

Irish Examiner | 28/03/2016 English - Big businesses have significant access to Brussels-based officials of the Irish Government to promote their corporate agenda, according to transparency campaigners. Read more....

Business access to Irish EU officials queried2018-11-13T10:10:51+01:00

Transparency groups target lobbying weak spot

2018-11-13T10:10:51+01:00

Politico | 23/03/2016 English - Transparency groups took aim Tuesday at what they say is a weak spot in the EU’s lobbying disclosure rules: the Brussels-based delegations of the bloc’s member countries. Read more...

Transparency groups target lobbying weak spot2018-11-13T10:10:51+01:00