Understanding corporate networks the open data way
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...but much of it is invisible to us (citizens, journalists, NGOs, regulators,
governments, SMEs, etc...)
We live in a corporate world
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And complexity is good if you want to avoid detection
“Out of 150 large-scale corruption cases the majority used companies to hide the money trail”
Because the corporate world is
fertile ground for criminal activity
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Complexity and opacity also provide incentives for bad behaviour
That’s why we started OpenCorporates
Goal: An openly licensed database with an entry for every company in the world
URI is based on the company register ID, meaning it’s open
and IP-free
Also importing public data – trademarks, government
spending, official registers & gazette notices...
... and the directors too
similarly named
other resources
Now over 55 million officers
From the UK to US to India
And now we’re tackling corporate structures...
Enabled by a grant from the
Alfred P Sloan Foundation
What a modern financial company looks like (highly simplified &
truncated views)
private
unlimited
company
Another example
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The company that wants to know your network... every friend... every interaction
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Facebook, Inc
Pinnacle Sweden AB
Vitesse LLC
Facebook Operations LLC
Facebook Ireland Limited
Edge Network Services Limited
Andale Acquisition Corp
(and turned into data)
This is what we got from their SEC filings as text
Facebook, Inc
Facebook Ireland Limited
Edge Network Services Limited
Pinnacle Sweden AB
Vitesse LLC
Facebook Operations LLC
Andale Acquisition Corp
Then we started investigating
Facebook, Inc
Facebook Ireland Limited
Edge Network Services Limited
Pinnacle Sweden AB
Vitesse LLC
Facebook Operations LLC
Andale Acquisition Corp
Then we started investigating
Then we started investigatingFacebook, Inc
Facebook Ireland Limited Edge Network Services Limited
Facebook Ireland Holdings
Randomus Investments Limited
Then we started investigatingFacebook, Inc
Facebook Ireland Limited Edge Network Services Limited
Facebook Cayman Holdings Unlimited IV
Facebook Ireland Holdings
Randomus Investments Limited
Facebook International Holdings II Ltd
Then we started investigatingFacebook, Inc
Facebook Ireland Limited Edge Network Services Limited
Facebook Cayman Holdings Unlimited IV
Facebook Cayman Holdings Unlimited II
Facebook Cayman Holdings Unlimited lll
Facebook Ireland Holdings
Randomus Investments Limited
Facebook International Holdings II Ltd
Facebook International Holdings I Ltd
Facebook Cayman Holdings Unlimited I
So the question is, great companies of the world:
what have you got to hide?
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