Beneficial Ownership Transparency Evidence Centre

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The Beneficial Ownership Transparency (BOT) Evidence Centre is an impact-oriented resource curated by Open Ownership, that compiles publicly available studies and examples demonstrating the effect of BOT reforms.

It contains academic papers, policy briefings, case studies, investigative articles, and other resources whose findings rely on information from public sector beneficial ownership (BO) registers, or that document effective implementation practices that result in tangible outcomes (e.g. higher compliance rates or better data quality).

Please note we do not include evidence focused solely on proposals or legislative reforms. Nor do we include evidence solely based on leaks from non-official sources; or counterfactual examples that document the misuse of anonymously owned companies, or that result from BO information being unavailable.

The cases contained in this resource are non-comprehensive. Users may suggest corrections, or submit ideas for new entries or functionality improvements to [email protected]. For more information, please see tips on using this resource and our disclaimer.

The BOT Evidence Centre is a project of the Beneficial Ownership Evidence and Measurement (BEAM) programme.

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  • The cumulative filters (year published, jurisdiction, region, topic, type of resource) can help narrow the search. Filters can be individually removed in order to tailor the search. Searching by key words is also possible.
  • We do not include the names of individuals or organisations that are the subject of a piece of research or investigation in the title or short description. If you are looking for a specific case, please use other key words or filters to narrow your search.
  • Multiple topic tags are used to characterise an entry where it relates to more than one relevant policy issue. For instance, the “Transparency and oversight” tag covers many of the entries involving government institutions or politically exposed persons.
  • Jurisdiction tags indicate each jurisdiction that is referred to in the source material for the entry. Region tags are assigned based on the jurisdictions tagged for each entry.
  • Each entry can be expanded to find out more about each case (“Read more”), and access the original source.

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Disclaimer Disclaimer

Inclusion in the BOT Evidence Centre does not imply Open Ownership’s endorsement of the resources listed, their authors, methodologies, findings, or the outcomes described. Except where Open Ownership is identified as the author, the resources are the work of third parties, and responsibility for their content and accuracy rests with the original authors and publishers. Authors or subjects of a listed resource who wish to request a correction, amendment, or removal of an entry can contact [email protected].

Entries in the BOT Evidence Centre are compiled and summarised on a best efforts basis. Summaries reflect the content of the source materials at the time each entry was added; where sources report allegations or unverified claims, these should be understood as such. The inclusion of resources in the BOT Evidence Centre does not constitute or imply advice. The implementation of BOT reforms is highly context specific and successful approaches in one jurisdiction may not necessarily work in another.