TI’s Mar 2025 OREO Index highlights how weak transparency in real estate markets fuels ML, calling for bans on anonymous ownership, stronger oversight, and better data access

OREO Index shows that no country meets ideal standards for preventing money laundering in real estate, with 10 of 24 jurisdictions scoring below 5 out of 10. Key weaknesses include poor access to ownership data and insufficient anti-money laundering safeguards, leaving global property markets wide open to abuse by corrupt actors….