| Beneficial Ownership | 2022-07 | Policy paper | “Trust Registration around the World. The case for registration under FATF Recommendation 25”, Knobel, A., Lorenzo, F., TJN, July 2022 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2022-04 | Blog post | “Beneficial ownership transparency: how to fix a serious secrecy loophole in the automatic exchange system”, Knobel, A., TJN, April 2024 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2022-03 | Blog post | “No, trusts are not impenetrable shields for oligarchs’ assets. Here’s how to pierce them.”, Knobel, A., TJN, March 2022 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2022-03 | Blog post | “How to improve the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Package on beneficial ownership registration”, Knobel, A., TJN, March 2022 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2022-02 | Policy paper | “Complex Ownership Structures: Addressing the Risks for Beneficial Ownership Transparency”, Knobel, A., TJN, February 2022 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-12 | Blog post | “Penguins hold millions in Australian banks: revealing trends from Australian and German banking statistics”, Knobel, A., TJN, December 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-12 | Blog post | “Tax Justice Network proposal to FATF’s consultation on beneficial ownership for legal persons”, Knobel, A., TJN, December 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-11 | Policy paper | “Rethinking Limited Liability. Beneficial Ownership Transparency to Reform the Liability System”, Knobel, A., TJN, November 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-10 | Blog post | “Pandora Papers: law firms must disclose clients’ names (like they’ve started doing in the US of all places)”, Knobel, A., TJN, October 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-10 | Blog post | “Pandora Papers and (South Dakota) trusts: Why do criminals and the rich like them so much?”, Knobel, A., TJN, October 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-09 | Policy paper | “Isle of Man banking leak: Analysing banking data to reveal
offshore strategies”, Knobel, A., TJN, September 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-07 | Policy paper | “Transparency of Asset and Beneficial Ownership Transparency”, Knobel, A., UN High-Level FACTI Panel, September 2021 |
| Tax Rulings | 2021-07 | Blog post | “How to stop #LuxLetters and the abuse of tax rulings”, Knobel, A., TJN, July 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-04 | Blog post | “Buffet of tax-evading secrecy revealed by US settlement with Swiss bank Rahn+Bodmer”, Knobel, A., TJN, April 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-02 | Blog post | “Beneficial ownership verification: exploring Belgium’s sophisticated system”, Knobel, A., TJN, February 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-02 | Blog post | “Some things never change: the use of Swiss banks by crooks”, Knobel, A., TJN, February 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-09 | Blog post | “The US beneficial ownership law has its weaknesses, but it’s a seismic shift”, Knobel, A., TJN, January 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2021-01 | Blog post | “Argentina keeps pushing to be at the vanguard of transparency. Now they need to make more information public”, Knobel, A., TJN, January 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-11 | Policy paper | “Beneficial ownership transparency for companies listed on the stock exchange”, Knobel, A., TJN, November 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-11 | Blog post | “From outrage to action: how to prevent another 11 years of inaction after the FinCen files”, Knobel, A., TJN, November 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-10 | Blog post | “Pandora Papers and (South Dakota) trusts: Why do criminals and the rich like them so much?”, Knobel, A., TJN, July 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-10 | Blog post | “Pandora Papers: law firms must disclose clients’ names (like they’ve started doing in the US of all places)”, Knobel, A., TJN, October 2021 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-09 | Blog post | “Regulating complex ownership chains – a call for experts for closed brainstorming round-table session”, Knobel, A., TJN, September 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-09 | Blog post | “We ran a beneficial ownership webinar for over 260 officials from Latin America”, Knobel, A., TJN, September 2020 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2020-08 | Blog post | “Dubious arguments to defend secrecy, even as automatic information exchange booms”, Knobel, A., TJN, July 2020 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2020-08 | Blog post | “Germany’s new statistics on exchange of banking information: a trove of useful data and clues”, Knobel, A., TJN, August 2020 |
| Trusts | 2020-08 | Blog post | “Judge ruling: “You are no Mother Teresa and no one goes to Cayman for philanthropic reasons””, Knobel, A., TJN, August 2020 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2020-08 | Blog post | “Developing countries, take note: how much money do your residents hold in Australia, the most transparent country on bank account information”, Knobel, A., TJN, August 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-07 | Blog post | “The role of banks and digitalised beneficial ownership registries: way more than just reporting discrepancies”, Knobel, A., TJN, July 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-07 | Blog post | “Beneficial ownership definitions: determining “control” unrelated to ownership”, Knobel, A., TJN, July 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-07 | Blog post | “Is financial secrecy always bad?”, Knobel, A., TJN, July 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-06 | Blog post | “How authorities, banks and researchers from around the world are verifying beneficial ownership information”, Knobel, A., TJN, June 2020 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2020-05 | Blog post | “US appeals court confirms firm must disclose to IRS names of clients behind offshore bank accounts and foreign entities”, Knobel, A., TJN, May 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-04 | Policy paper | “Report on practices and challenges of Latin American countries on mechanisms for collecting
basic and beneficial ownership information”, Knobel, A., TJN, April 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-04 | Blog post | “New group to promote beneficial ownership verification pilots around the world”, Knobel, A., TJN, April 2020 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2020-04 | Blog post | “Argentina finally has a beneficial ownership register. Now, it should make it public”, Knobel, A., TJN, April 2020 |
| Global Asset Registry | 2019-12 | Policy paper | “Pilot study for a UK Asset Registry – Phase 1: An assessment of available asset ownership information”, Knobel, A., ICRICT, December 2019 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2019-11 | Blog post | “FATF beneficial ownership report reveals cutting-edge verification processes, hesitates to endorse public registries”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, November 2019 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2019-10 | Policy paper | “Beneficial ownership in the investment industry: A strategy to roll back anonymous capital”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, October 2019 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2019-10 | Blog post | “Not just about control: one share in a company should be enough to be a beneficial owner”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, October 2019 |
| Global Asset Registry | 2019-09 | Blog post | “Global Asset Registries: a game changer for the fight against inequality and illicit financial flows?”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, September 2019 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2019-09 | Blog post | “More beneficial ownership loopholes to plug: circular ownership, fragmented control and companies as parties to the trust”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, September 2019 |
| Attorney-client Privilege | 2019-07 | Blog post | “Protecting enablers: attorney-client privilege is just the tip of the iceberg in facilitating illicit financial flows”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, July 2019 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2019-07 | Blog post | “US half-shuts door to financial secrecy, opens new window”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, July 2019 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2019-07 | Policy paper | “Data on bank transfers: Complementing automatic exchange of information
and detecting illicit financial flows in real time”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, July 2019 |
| Tax Avoidance | 2019-07 | Blog post | “Dear WEF, let’s tax corporations in the real world”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, July 2019 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2019-06 | Blog post | “Statistics on automatic exchange of banking information and the right to hold authorities (and banks) to account”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, June 2019 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2019-04 | Blog post | “The use of banking information to tackle corruption and money laundering: a low-hanging fruit the OECD refuses to harvest”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, April 2019 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2019-01 | Policy paper | “Beneficial ownership verification: ensuring the truthfulness and accuracy of registered ownership information”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, January 2019 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2018-12 | Blog post | “How to assess the effectiveness of automatic exchange of banking information?”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, December 2018 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2018-12 | Article | “Argentina: A Step Back in the Fight Against Corruption, Despite the G20”, Knobel, A., The Bubble, December 2018 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2018-12 | Blog post | “The US can be blacklisted under the OECD’s new rules due to a forgotten commitment”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, Dec 2018 |
| Financial Secrecy | 2018-12 | Blog post | “The G20 and the OECD disappoint again”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, December 2018 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2018-12 | Blog post | “Tax justice pushes forward at OECD’s Global Forum”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, December 2018 |
| Anti-Money Laundering | 2018-11 | Policy paper | “Moldova as a case study of new money laundering patterns. Lessons to learn and implications for the EU”, Gaibu, S., Knobel, A., Expert-Group, November 2018 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2018-11 | Blog post | “Passports and residency for sale: the OECD is sitting on its hands. Here’s how to fix the problem…”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, November 2018 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2018-10 | Policy paper | “Reporting taxation: Analysing loopholes in the EU’s automatic exchange of information and how to close them ”, Knobel, A., The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, October 2018 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2018-07 | Blog post | "The abuse of Limited Partnerships in the UK: predicting the future with the Financial Secrecy Index", Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, July 2018 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2018-07 | Blog post | "Blacklist, whitewashed: How the OECD bent its rules to help tax haven USA", Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, July 2018 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2018-07 | Blog post | "OECD stretches the truth to give the US a better transparency rating than Ghana", Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, July 2018 |
| Country by Country Reporting | 2018-07 | Blog post | "Country by country reports: why “automatic” is no replacement for “public”", Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, July 2018 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2018-07 | Blog post | "It’s time for countries to start publishing the data they’re collecting under OECD’s Common Reporting Standard", Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, July 2018 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2018-06 | Policy paper | "The state of play of beneficial ownership registration: A visual overview", Knobel, A., Harari, M., Meinzer, M., Tax Justice Network, June 2018 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2018-06 | Blog post | "Ending secret ownership: we assess the progress and challenges", Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, June 2018 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2018-05 | Chapter in book | "La importancia de la identificacion de los beneficiarios finales en el compliance", Knobel, A., in book: "Compliance, Anticorrupcion y Responsabilidad Penal Empresaria", Durrie, N. & Saccani, R., Thomson Reuters, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2018 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2018-04 | Blog post | "The EU’s latest agreement on amending the anti-money laundering directive: at the vanguard of trust transparency, but still further to go" |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2018-03 | Blog post | “OECD rules vs CRS avoidance strategies: not bad, but short of teeth and too dependent on good faith”, Knobel A., Tax Justice Network, March 2018 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2018-03 | Policy paper | “Citizenship and Residency by Investment Schemes: Potential to avoid the Common Reporting Standard for Automatic Exchange of Information”, Knobel, A. & eitmüller, F., Tax Justice Network, March 2018
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| Beneficial Ownership | 2018-03 | Blog post | “Regulation of Beneficial Ownership in Latin America and the Caribbean”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, March 2018 |
| Financial Secrecy | 2018-03 | Blog post | “The Financial Secrecy Index Identifies the Countries Most Responsible for the Illicit Financial Flows that Facilitate Global Corruption”, Knobel, A., The Global Anti-Corruption Blog, March 2018 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2018-03 | Blog post | “Now you see me, now you don’t: using citizenship and residency by investment to avoid automatic exchange of banking information”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, March 2018 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2018-02 | Blog post | “La mejor manera de acabar con las filtraciones de documentos secretos”, Knobel, A., Inter-American Development Bank, February 2018 |
| Financial Secrecy | 2018-02 | Blog post | “Inverted Maps: The Corruption Perception Index and the Financial Secrecy Index”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, February 2018 |
| Trusts | 2017-11 | Blog post | “Trusts and the UK: half a step forward, three steps backwards”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, December 2017 |
| Trusts | 2017-11 | Blog post | “Enough evidence on trusts – where are the State’s actions?”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, November 2017 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2017-11 | Policy paper | “Regulation of Beneficial Ownership in Latin America and the Caribbean”, Knobel A., Inter-American Development Bank, November 2017 |
| Trusts | 2017-10 | Blog post | “Our paper “Trusts: Weapons of Mass Injustice?” – now available in Spanish”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, October 2017 |
| Trusts | 2017-09 | Policy paper | ““Trusts: Weapons of Mass Injustice?” A response to the critics”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, September 2017 |
| Trusts | 2017-07 | Blog post | “Post-Panama Papers sunlight on New Zealand Trusts”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, July 2017 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2017-06 | Policy paper | “Technology and online beneficial ownership registries: easier to create companies and better at preventing financial crimes”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, June 2017 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2017-06 | Blog post | “Double-Layer Secrecy: add Lawyer Confidentiality to Banking Secrecy”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, June 2017 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2017-06 | Policy paper | “Findings of the 2nd TJN Survey on Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI). Sanctions against financial centres, AEOI statistics and the use of information beyond tax purposes”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, June 2017 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2017-05 | Blog post | “Do Anti-Money Laundering requirements solve ‘fake residency’ concerns?”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, May 2017 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2017-05 | Blog post | “Faking residency: OECD’s Common Reporting Standard leaves the door wide open for fraud”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, May 2017 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2017-05 | Blog post | “The Achilles heel of effective beneficial ownership registration: Why is everyone fixed on 25%?”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, May 2017 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2017-04 | Policy paper | “What should be included in Corporate Registries? A Data Checklist. Part 1: Beneficial Ownership information”, Knobel, A., Meinzer, M., Harari, M., Tax Justice Network, April 2017 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2017-03 | Policy paper | “Delivering a level playing field for offshore bank accounts. What the new OECD/Global Forum peer reviews on automatic information exchange must not miss”, Knobel, A., Meinzer, M., Tax Justice Network, March 2017 |
| Country by Country Reporting | 2017-03 | Blog post | “The OECD – penalising developing countries for trying to tackle tax avoidance”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, March 2017 |
| Country by Country Reporting | 2016-12 | Policy paper | “Country-by-Country reporting: How restricted access exacerbates Global inequalities in taxing rights”, Knobel, A., Cobham, A., Tax Justice Network, December 2016 |
| Trusts | 2016-12 | Blog post | “Beneficial Ownership and disclosure of trusts: challenging the privacy arguments”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, December 2016 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2016-11 | Blog post | “Switzerland and information exchange: tweak, tweak and something will always remain”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, November 2016 |
| Extractive Sector | 2016-11 | Fiscal model | “Vaca Muerta Fiscal and Financial Model”, Knobel, A., OpenOil, November 2016 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2016-10 | Blog post | "The OECD information exchange ‘dating game’", Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, October 2016 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2016-06 | Policy paper | “Drilling down to the real owners – Part 2. Don’t forget the Trust: Amendments Needed in FATF’s Recommendations and in EU’s AML Directive ”, Knobel, A., Meinzer, M., Tax Justice Network, June 2016 |
| Beneficial Ownership | 2016-05 | Policy paper | “Drilling down to the real owners – Part 1. “More than 25% of ownership” & “unidentified” Beneficial Ownership: Amendments Needed in FATF’s Recommendations and in EU’s AML Directive”, Knobel, A., Meinzer, M., Tax Justice Network, May 2016 |
| Financial Secrecy | 2016-05 | Policy paper | “The role of the U.S. as a Tax Haven. Implications for Europe”, Knobel, A., The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, May 2016 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2016-01 | Blog post | "Automatic Information Exchange: a trove of useful new data. Here’s a template for using it", Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, January 2016 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2015-09 | Policy paper | “OECD’s Handbook for Implementation of the CRS: TJN’s preliminary observations”, Knobel, A., Tax Justice Network, September 2015 |
| Financial Secrecy | 2015-03 | Article | “The Next Rising Tax Haven”, Knobel, A., The World Policy Journal, March 2015 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2014-11 | Policy paper | “"The end of bank secrecy”? Bridging the gap to effective automatic information exchange An Evaluation of OECD’s Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and its alternatives”, Knobel, A., Meinzer, M., Tax Justice Network, November 2014 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2014-11 | Blog post | “Reports of the Death of Banking Secrecy Are Greatly Exaggerated”, Knobel, A., The Huffington Post UK, November 2014 |
| Automatic Exchange of Information | 2014-06 | Policy paper | “Automatic Exchange of Information: An Opportunity for Developing Countries to Tackle Tax Evasion and Corruption”, Knobel, A., Meinzer, M., Tax Justice Network, June 2014 |