About Us

The Anti-Corruption Data Collective (ACDC) leverages public and private data to expose transnational corruption, illicit financial activity and corporate opacity. Our research and investigations seek to document and reduce the harms that corruption causes to human security, democratic participation and environmental sustainability: to People, Politics and Planet.

To do this, ACDC brings together leading investigative journalists, academics, policy experts and data scientists for collaborative projects that cross borders and break down organizational silos. The Collective draws from experts and participating organizations with on-the-ground networks of local non-profit partners and journalists in more than 100 countries around the world.

Since launching in 2020, we have focused particularly on wrongdoing and risk areas in the real estate and private investment industries within target jurisdictions. Our research and investigations provide a platform for advocacy for changes in law and practice by our partners.