Money, Movement, and Misdirection

Join Sunlight Research Center and Anna Massoglia, Sunlight’s director of investigations, for a hands-on session on tracking the people, money, and networks behind international businesses. From offshore entities and layered ownership to foreign disclosures and regulatory loopholes, this session will walk through practical strategies for identifying who really controls a company, tracing its presence across jurisdictions, and uncovering political or financial ties — even when records are scattered or incomplete.

We’ll explore how to:

• Use public records and open-source tools to map international corporate structures.

• Uncover cross-border and foreign lobbying through international transparency filings.

• Connect the dots between global business structures and political influence. 

• Navigate language barriers by using translation tools, comparing regional coverage, and searching across languages — even if you’re not fluent.