Welcome to the new website for the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development.

Founded in January 2009, the Task Force is a global coalition of civil society organizations and more than 50 governments – all working together to address inequalities in the financial system that penalize billions of people.

As such the Task Force advocates five priorities: curtailment of mispricing in trade imports and exports; country-by-country accounting of sales, profits, and taxes paid by multinational corporations; confirmation of beneficial ownership in all banking and securities accounts; automatic cross-border exchange of tax information; and harmonization of predicate offenses under anti-money laundering laws.  Together, these steps will greatly increase transparency.

Our hope is that this website will serve as your one-stop hub – providing you with everything you could possibly need about these issues.

1. Our news section includes up-to-date news articles relating to the priorities of the task force as well as articles referencing the Task Force;
2. The calendar includes Task Force – relevant events;
3. Our resources section includes reports, studies, government documents, and statements related to the 5 priorities;
4. And our video section keeps a running database of videos released by the Task Force, as well as other videos that relate to our issues;
5. And of course our press release section is a database of all press releases, media advisories, and statements released by the Task Force

However, the most useful part of this website will likely be the blog – where you are right now.  Our intent is to provide you with breaking news, as well as in-depth analysis related to economic transparency.   Look out for frequent posts from experts in the field, policy-makers, and NGO leaders around the world.

If you want to go a step further, reach out to the Task Force on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube among others. This website is here as a service for you, so please don’t hesitate to contact us with suggestions on how we can improve our online presence.

Thanks for joining us on this journey.

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