Spotlight on fighting Corruption. UK Illicit Finance Summit

Do we need more anti-corruption summits? Next month, London hosts the UK Illicit Finance Summit, a chance to curb dirty money and corruption. We show how light rules, weak enforcement, and fractured cross‑border cooperation let criminals exploit banks, property, gold, and crypto-assets while many look away. Transparency International highlights the “enablers”—lawyers, accountants, advisers, bankers and wealth managers—who use opaque structures like shells, trusts, and anonymous property to hide or launder stolen wealth. We outline what real reform requires and why it matters.