Anti-Corruption Data Collective
@acdatacollective.bsky.social
A non-profit group of investigative journalists, data scientists, academics and policy experts working together to expose and undermine corruption.
www.acdatacollective.org
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October 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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In a digital world, talking to sensitive sources is nearly impossible without encryption. The EU’s #ChatControl plan is an attack on accountability journalism - and a gift to surveillance
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
In a digital world, talking to sensitive sources is nearly impossible without encryption. The EU’s #ChatControl plan is an attack on accountability journalism - and a gift to surveillance
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Come work with us!
Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
acdatacollective.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Come work with us!
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Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
acdatacollective.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
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The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden after the countries failed to provide comprehensive access to beneficial ownership information ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission takes action to ensure complete and timely transposition of EU directives
The European Commission is taking action against several EU Member States that have failed to notify the Commission of measures they have adopted to transpose EU Directives into their national laws. T
ec.europa.eu
September 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden after the countries failed to provide comprehensive access to beneficial ownership information ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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New with the @postandcourier.bsky.social, @ajc.com and @istories.bsky.social...
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US sanctioned Sergey Khotimskiy and the bank he co-founded, Sovcombank. He finalized the transfer of as much as $43 million in real estate to his ex-wife before the sanctions.
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US sanctioned Sergey Khotimskiy and the bank he co-founded, Sovcombank. He finalized the transfer of as much as $43 million in real estate to his ex-wife before the sanctions.
Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort
Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.postandcourier.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
New with the @postandcourier.bsky.social, @ajc.com and @istories.bsky.social...
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US sanctioned Sergey Khotimskiy and the bank he co-founded, Sovcombank. He finalized the transfer of as much as $43 million in real estate to his ex-wife before the sanctions.
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US sanctioned Sergey Khotimskiy and the bank he co-founded, Sovcombank. He finalized the transfer of as much as $43 million in real estate to his ex-wife before the sanctions.
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A new #GIACE blog by Michael Hornsby (@acdatacollective.bsky.social) explores how #BGFIBank DRC enabled embezzlement, disguised bribes, and laundered funds for the Kabila regime — drawing on revelations from the Congo Hold-Up investigation.
Read here: bit.ly/ACDCBlog2
Read here: bit.ly/ACDCBlog2
High time to curb bank capture - Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A new #GIACE blog by Michael Hornsby (@acdatacollective.bsky.social) explores how #BGFIBank DRC enabled embezzlement, disguised bribes, and laundered funds for the Kabila regime — drawing on revelations from the Congo Hold-Up investigation.
Read here: bit.ly/ACDCBlog2
Read here: bit.ly/ACDCBlog2
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The decision to postpone the private investment anti-money laundering rule has been made official today. See the order below, and our full reaction quoted.
www.fincen.gov/sites/defaul...
www.fincen.gov/sites/defaul...
August 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The decision to postpone the private investment anti-money laundering rule has been made official today. See the order below, and our full reaction quoted.
www.fincen.gov/sites/defaul...
www.fincen.gov/sites/defaul...
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Postponing and reopening last year's groundbreaking anti-money laundering rule for the $130 trillion private investment sector will only serve to heighten existing illicit finance and national security risks.
Read FACT's full reaction here:
thefactcoalition.org/private-inve...
Read FACT's full reaction here:
thefactcoalition.org/private-inve...
Treasury Exposes U.S. to Increased Risks of Dirty Money By Delaying, Reopening Private Investment Anti-Money Laundering Rule
Treasury’s plan to postpone and reopen a rule finalized last year that introduced groundbreaking anti-money laundering safeguards for the $130 trillion U.S. private investment sector will only heighte...
thefactcoalition.org
July 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Postponing and reopening last year's groundbreaking anti-money laundering rule for the $130 trillion private investment sector will only serve to heighten existing illicit finance and national security risks.
Read FACT's full reaction here:
thefactcoalition.org/private-inve...
Read FACT's full reaction here:
thefactcoalition.org/private-inve...
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“This decision sends a signal to criminals and U.S. adversaries that they can continue to move illicit funds through the massive and opaque U.S. private investment sector with impunity.” thefactcoalition.org/private-inve...
Treasury Exposes U.S. to Increased Risks of Dirty Money By Delaying, Reopening Private Investment Anti-Money Laundering Rule
Treasury’s plan to postpone and reopen a rule finalized last year that introduced groundbreaking anti-money laundering safeguards for the $130 trillion U.S. private investment sector will only heighte...
thefactcoalition.org
July 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“This decision sends a signal to criminals and U.S. adversaries that they can continue to move illicit funds through the massive and opaque U.S. private investment sector with impunity.” thefactcoalition.org/private-inve...
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The oil and gas industry is complex and notoriously opaque. But with new tools, it’s become easier for investigators to dig into this field.
Here, the @acdatacollective.bsky.social and Data Desk share their commonly used resources. https://twp.ai/9PTQTf
Here, the @acdatacollective.bsky.social and Data Desk share their commonly used resources. https://twp.ai/9PTQTf
gijn.org
Fossil Fuel Investigations: How to Find Stories Using Oil and Gas Supply Chains
twp.ai
July 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The oil and gas industry is complex and notoriously opaque. But with new tools, it’s become easier for investigators to dig into this field.
Here, the @acdatacollective.bsky.social and Data Desk share their commonly used resources. https://twp.ai/9PTQTf
Here, the @acdatacollective.bsky.social and Data Desk share their commonly used resources. https://twp.ai/9PTQTf
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Our new briefing & typology on the Congo Hold-Up is out today. More & exciting research to come in the next few months
🔴 How can a captured bank become an engine of grand corruption❓
Our new briefing dives deep into the Congo Hold-Up investigation to reveal the tactics used to embezzle and launder funds through BGFIBank in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
acdatacollective.org/work/inside-...
Our new briefing dives deep into the Congo Hold-Up investigation to reveal the tactics used to embezzle and launder funds through BGFIBank in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
acdatacollective.org/work/inside-...
Inside the Congo Hold-Up – ACDC
acdatacollective.org
July 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Our new briefing & typology on the Congo Hold-Up is out today. More & exciting research to come in the next few months
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Financial institutions are the arteries of modern economies—but when captured, they become pipelines for illicit wealth.
@acdatacollective.bsky.social's new brief "Inside the Congo Hold-Up" shows how BGFIBank DRC was hijacked by the Kabila regime to launder public funds.
🔗 bit.ly/ACDCPolicyBr...
@acdatacollective.bsky.social's new brief "Inside the Congo Hold-Up" shows how BGFIBank DRC was hijacked by the Kabila regime to launder public funds.
🔗 bit.ly/ACDCPolicyBr...
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption - Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence
This briefing reveals how BGFIBank DRC was transformed into a vehicle for grand corruption by Congo’s ruling elite. It details how illicit financial flows were enabled through mis-invoicing, fictitiou...
bit.ly
July 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Financial institutions are the arteries of modern economies—but when captured, they become pipelines for illicit wealth.
@acdatacollective.bsky.social's new brief "Inside the Congo Hold-Up" shows how BGFIBank DRC was hijacked by the Kabila regime to launder public funds.
🔗 bit.ly/ACDCPolicyBr...
@acdatacollective.bsky.social's new brief "Inside the Congo Hold-Up" shows how BGFIBank DRC was hijacked by the Kabila regime to launder public funds.
🔗 bit.ly/ACDCPolicyBr...
🔴 How can a captured bank become an engine of grand corruption❓
Our new briefing dives deep into the Congo Hold-Up investigation to reveal the tactics used to embezzle and launder funds through BGFIBank in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
acdatacollective.org/work/inside-...
Our new briefing dives deep into the Congo Hold-Up investigation to reveal the tactics used to embezzle and launder funds through BGFIBank in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
acdatacollective.org/work/inside-...
Inside the Congo Hold-Up – ACDC
acdatacollective.org
July 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🔴 How can a captured bank become an engine of grand corruption❓
Our new briefing dives deep into the Congo Hold-Up investigation to reveal the tactics used to embezzle and launder funds through BGFIBank in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
acdatacollective.org/work/inside-...
Our new briefing dives deep into the Congo Hold-Up investigation to reveal the tactics used to embezzle and launder funds through BGFIBank in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
acdatacollective.org/work/inside-...
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News: The first members of the Global Open Data Integration Network (GODIN) are here!
These organisations are pushing #OpenData forward:
@globalenergymon.bsky.social, SC-DEX, @acdatacollective.bsky.social, Global Media Registry
More: www.gleif.org/en/newsroom/...
These organisations are pushing #OpenData forward:
@globalenergymon.bsky.social, SC-DEX, @acdatacollective.bsky.social, Global Media Registry
More: www.gleif.org/en/newsroom/...
Building a Transparent Future with Open Data, AI, and the Legal Entity Identifier - GLEIF Blog - News & Media – GLEIF
Money laundering poses a systemic and seemingly intractable threat to the global economy. Despite public demand for greater corporate transparency and…
www.gleif.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
News: The first members of the Global Open Data Integration Network (GODIN) are here!
These organisations are pushing #OpenData forward:
@globalenergymon.bsky.social, SC-DEX, @acdatacollective.bsky.social, Global Media Registry
More: www.gleif.org/en/newsroom/...
These organisations are pushing #OpenData forward:
@globalenergymon.bsky.social, SC-DEX, @acdatacollective.bsky.social, Global Media Registry
More: www.gleif.org/en/newsroom/...
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Join @szakonyi.bsky.social presenting our new paper on the schemes and tricks deployed at BGFIBank DRC to embezzle and launder public funds, as revealed by the #CongoHoldUp investigations.
🚨 Upcoming ACE Seminar
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Join @szakonyi.bsky.social presenting our new paper on the schemes and tricks deployed at BGFIBank DRC to embezzle and launder public funds, as revealed by the #CongoHoldUp investigations.
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🚨 Upcoming ACE Seminar
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🚨 Upcoming ACE Seminar
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
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The oil and gas industry is complex and notoriously opaque. But with new tools, it’s become easier for investigators to dig into this field.
Here, the @acdatacollective.bsky.social and Data Desk share their commonly used resources. https://twp.ai/9PU6jJ
Here, the @acdatacollective.bsky.social and Data Desk share their commonly used resources. https://twp.ai/9PU6jJ
gijn.org
Fossil Fuel Investigations: How to Find Stories Using Oil and Gas Supply Chains
twp.ai
June 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The oil and gas industry is complex and notoriously opaque. But with new tools, it’s become easier for investigators to dig into this field.
Here, the @acdatacollective.bsky.social and Data Desk share their commonly used resources. https://twp.ai/9PU6jJ
Here, the @acdatacollective.bsky.social and Data Desk share their commonly used resources. https://twp.ai/9PU6jJ
Spain's problems with illicit wealth laundered through real estate likely goes deeper than Madrid thinks.
acdatacollective.org/blog/spains-...
acdatacollective.org/blog/spains-...
Spain’s real estate money laundering problem is probably bigger than Madrid realizes – ACDC
acdatacollective.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Spain's problems with illicit wealth laundered through real estate likely goes deeper than Madrid thinks.
acdatacollective.org/blog/spains-...
acdatacollective.org/blog/spains-...
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The top 7 fossil fuel firms & their networks held 1,000+ meetings with MEPs in under a year.
@transparency-eu.bsky.social has analysed 31,000+ MEP meetings since June 2024, revealing a sharp rise in fossil fuel lobbying. Learn more ⬇️
@transparency-eu.bsky.social has analysed 31,000+ MEP meetings since June 2024, revealing a sharp rise in fossil fuel lobbying. Learn more ⬇️
MEPs and their lobby meetings, one year in: new rules, more meetings, more cause for concern? - Transparency International EU
It’s now almost a year since a new European Parliament was elected and a new crop of MEPs undertook their mandates to serve European citizens. It also means we now have a years’ worth of new lobby mee...
transparency.eu
June 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The top 7 fossil fuel firms & their networks held 1,000+ meetings with MEPs in under a year.
@transparency-eu.bsky.social has analysed 31,000+ MEP meetings since June 2024, revealing a sharp rise in fossil fuel lobbying. Learn more ⬇️
@transparency-eu.bsky.social has analysed 31,000+ MEP meetings since June 2024, revealing a sharp rise in fossil fuel lobbying. Learn more ⬇️
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The EU Anti-Corruption Directive is a key opportunity to make real progress against corruption across the bloc. But success depends on @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu resisting attempts by countries to undermine these efforts from within the Council. ⬇️ www.transparency.org/en/blog/futu...
Future of fighting corruption in the EU stands on knife’s edge - Blog
European Union Anti-Corruption Directive crucial that the Council rises to the Parliament’s position
www.transparency.org
June 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The EU Anti-Corruption Directive is a key opportunity to make real progress against corruption across the bloc. But success depends on @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu resisting attempts by countries to undermine these efforts from within the Council. ⬇️ www.transparency.org/en/blog/futu...
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💸CBS-Princeton in Money in Politics conference starting in ~12 hours 💸
Thrilled to welcome so many excellent scholars to EGB for the CBS-Princeton Money in Politics this Thursday and Friday. www.cbs.dk/files/cbs.dk... We are looking forward to two days of great presentations and discussions. Watch this space for some timely updates
www.cbs.dk
June 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
💸CBS-Princeton in Money in Politics conference starting in ~12 hours 💸
Join @szakonyi.bsky.social presenting our new paper on the schemes and tricks deployed at BGFIBank DRC to embezzle and launder public funds, as revealed by the #CongoHoldUp investigations.
🚨 Upcoming ACE Seminar
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Join @szakonyi.bsky.social presenting our new paper on the schemes and tricks deployed at BGFIBank DRC to embezzle and launder public funds, as revealed by the #CongoHoldUp investigations.
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What drives a journalist before war redefines everything?
Join us on 26 June in Berlin for the opening of The Only Material, our exhibition on Ukrainian journalists shaped — but not silenced — by war.
📍 Museum for Communication, Berlin
🔗 Register here to join: www.ecpmf.eu/the-only-mat...
Join us on 26 June in Berlin for the opening of The Only Material, our exhibition on Ukrainian journalists shaped — but not silenced — by war.
📍 Museum for Communication, Berlin
🔗 Register here to join: www.ecpmf.eu/the-only-mat...
The Only Material. Exhibition.
Our exhibition about Ukrainian journalists whose personal dreams were reshaped — but not erased — by Russia’s war against Ukraine.
www.ecpmf.eu
June 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What drives a journalist before war redefines everything?
Join us on 26 June in Berlin for the opening of The Only Material, our exhibition on Ukrainian journalists shaped — but not silenced — by war.
📍 Museum for Communication, Berlin
🔗 Register here to join: www.ecpmf.eu/the-only-mat...
Join us on 26 June in Berlin for the opening of The Only Material, our exhibition on Ukrainian journalists shaped — but not silenced — by war.
📍 Museum for Communication, Berlin
🔗 Register here to join: www.ecpmf.eu/the-only-mat...
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🔔 Reminder sent 🔔
60 organisations have sent a timely reminder to EU Climate Commissioner wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu calling on him to protect UN climate talks from fossil fuel industry influence at Bonn #SB62
💌: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/reminde...
#FossilFreePolitics #PollutersOut
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60 organisations have sent a timely reminder to EU Climate Commissioner wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu calling on him to protect UN climate talks from fossil fuel industry influence at Bonn #SB62
💌: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/reminde...
#FossilFreePolitics #PollutersOut
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60 organisations sent a reminder to Hoekstra ahead of the climate talks in Bonn - Fossil Free Politics
A timely reminder signed by 60 organisations was sent to EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra. Initiated by the Fossil Free Politics campaign and supported by the KickBigPollutersOut coalition, we’r...
fossilfreepolitics.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🔔 Reminder sent 🔔
60 organisations have sent a timely reminder to EU Climate Commissioner wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu calling on him to protect UN climate talks from fossil fuel industry influence at Bonn #SB62
💌: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/reminde...
#FossilFreePolitics #PollutersOut
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60 organisations have sent a timely reminder to EU Climate Commissioner wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu calling on him to protect UN climate talks from fossil fuel industry influence at Bonn #SB62
💌: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/reminde...
#FossilFreePolitics #PollutersOut
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