Asset declaration systems are one of the most powerful tools in combating corruption. The effectiveness of asset declarations all depends on their verification. When verifying asset declarations of public officials, access to foreign data is often a challenge. This guest blog by Dr. Tilman Hoppe explores how the “International Treaty on Exchange of Data” finally closes a legal gap and what civil society organisations can do to expand this new tool’s reach. This timely piece of recent research follows Moldova’s signing of the Treaty in October 2023, the fourth country to do so.
