British Prime Minister, David Cameron has linked corruption with extremism, which gave rise to Boko Haram, ISIS and other terror groups. He said to tackle terrorism, there was urgent need to crack down on corruption.
Cameron said these at an anti-corruption summit in London that he is hosting.
The summit is part of the prime minister’s efforts to lead a broader global attempt to crack down on corruption.
Henceforth foreign firms that own property in the UK must declare their assets publicly in a bid to stop money-laundering, his government has said.
“The absolute key is having greater transparency. And you can see countries committing to exchanging more tax information, exchanging more ownership information and — in the case of the United Kingdom and some others — actually for the first time, having not just a beneficial ownership register — who owns what — but also making that public so it can be investigated by others,” Cameron said.
Also Us Secretary of State, John Kerry, hinted that corruption threatened countries because “it fed crime and terrorism.”
Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari while speaking charged the international community to come up with ways of getting rid of safe havens and ensuring an improved return of assets. “When it comes to tackling corruption the international community has looked the other way for far too long.”
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