Ireland's Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation has released a report on dark money flowing through the Irish financial sector
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
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@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialIreland's Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation has released a report on dark money flowing through the Irish financial sector
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
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@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialAnother story made possible thanks to open beneficial ownership data from the UK's Register of Overseas Entities, as published by Companies House 👏👏👏
www.the-londoner.co.uk/oxford-stree...
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OE01...
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialHow OpenCheck uses Estonia’s e-Business Register’s bulk files and APIs - why multiple formats and full company histories matter
stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/how-openchec...
#LEI #opendata #beneficialownership #AMLR #openstandards #opensource
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialQuote from CSPF Session 2: Following the Money: Beneficial Ownership Transparency for Financial Integrity and Open, Competitive Markets in Southeast Asia
@openownership.bsky.socialThe Philippines is planning to introduce its first-ever primary law on #BeneficialOwnership #transparency. In this blog post, we share how the country is making progress on its BOT journey, & how this new law can fight illicit finance and build public trust.
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialDoes the register name who the shares point to? Testing Estonia’s beneficial ownership register against its own shareholder lists - thanks to the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialNew features on OpenCheck today:
1) Sanctions 50% test
2) Ownership map via MCP
3) Integrated ownership along paths
Learn more: opencheck.world/features
#beneficialownership #opendata #opensource #openstandards #GODIN #corporatestructures #LEI #UBO #AMLR #6AMLD
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialMalawi has committed to making its beneficial ownership information publicly accessible in its new @opengovpartnership.org action plan - although the deadline gives the government till the end of 2029 to achieve this
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialT-Rank - the company which powers ownership analytics for Moody's - has released an MCP server trank.no/news/t-rank-... #beneficialownership #UBO #MCP
@openownership.bsky.socialICYMI: The latest issue of our #Disclosure newsletter is now out, with a focus on #BeneficialOwnership #transparency in Africa. We highlight a continental partnership with the African Union, a new government-led partnership in #Zambia, and more.
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialThe EU is aligning beneficial ownership data formats — but without a data standard, harmonisation will fall short
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialI've written several pieces about all the reasons the EU needs high-quality beneficial ownership data to support a wide range of initiatives it is developing and why it should look to the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialThe EU is aligning beneficial ownership data formats - but without a data standard, harmonisation will fall short
stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/the-eu-is-al...
#beneficialownership #UBO #AML #AMLR #6AMLD #openstandards #datastandards #interoperability
@openownership.bsky.socialExplore the Evidence Centre: www.openownership.org/en/bot-evide...
Read the blog post at the link above.
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialCare to have a guess at which company these are the OpenCheck risk signal results for? 🕵️ ⚠️
Answer: opencheck.world?lei=253400JT...
#LEI #sanctions #opendata #opensource #openstandards #beneficialownership #UBO #OSINT
@openownership.bsky.social🗞️ The latest Disclosure is out, with news on #BeneficialOwnership #transparency in Africa, where governments, regulators & regional institutions are using BO data to make better decisions on who wins public contracts, who receives #extractive licences & who pays tax.
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialA country that collects ownership data should be able to understand it, keep it, download it and take it elsewhere. Open standards are what make that possible
stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/open-all-the...
#opensource #openstandards #opendata #LEI #GODIN #beneficialownership
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialNigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission has struck off 500,000 inactive or non-compliant companies in the past year for failing to disclose their beneficial owners
@openownership.bsky.socialThis week in Brussels, #OpeningExtractives joined #EITI2026 to explore how #BeneficialOwnership data can move from #transparency commitments to practical use in the #extractive sector, as well as to celebrate the launch of the revised Opening Extractives Licensing Manual.
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialFrom 5 October 2026, Latvia’s Register of Enterprises (Uzņēmumu reģistrs) has announced changes to the way that it captures the type and extent of control exercised by beneficial owners over Latvian companies
