Dear TIPS member, From September to December 2025, the TIPS Network’s managing committee delivered an engaging events programme and advocated important new Transparency International (TI) publications to members . Together, recent activities reaffirm TIPS’ role in bringing diverse professionals together and amplifying TI-UK’s advocacy and impact across varied professional networks at the forefront of transparency and anti-financial crime in London. September’s event on ‘Collective Action &...

Dear TIPS member, In December 2025, TI published ‘ Missing in Action ’ , examining how the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) review process fails to assess whether civil society can safely and meaningfully participate in anti-corruption efforts . While UNCAC explicitly recognizes the role of civil society, the report finds that its Implementation Review Mechanism (IRM) largely overlooks the real-world conditions—known as civic space—needed for this participation to be effective. Based...

Dear TIPS member, In November 2025, TI-UK published “Opening Up Offshore Secrecy,”   assessing whether UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are delivering meaningful access to beneficial ownership data. Nearly a decade after the Panama Papers exposed how offshore structures enable tax abuse, money laundering, and corruption, the report asks whether promised reforms have reduced the secrecy that drives global financial crime. It concludes that limited access to beneficial ownership information...