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10 April 2025
Data from the registers of beneficial owners is crucial for identifying money laundering, including Kremlin money, and yet we see some EU and Member State institutions moving towards keeping this data locked up.
The effective enforcement of sanctions against Kremlin-linked individuals and institutions depends on whether and to what extent a list of companies in which those holding shares can be established. Journalists and civil society organisations could play the role of those seeking such links, but this is not an easy task — and it is only getting worse. Poorly conceived personal data protection is slowly closing off access to knowledge about the owners of companies registered in EU countries.
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Before going on to discuss the current and likely future state of the law defining the relationship between company ownership transparency and the protection of the right to privacy, it is worth recalling several high-profile journalistic investigations that uncovered huge irregularities in the operation of companies. Significantly, it was journalists, not officials, who uncovered these scandals.
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