Maíra Martini is the Research and Policy Expert on anti-money laundering and beneficial ownership at the TI-S and leads the TI movement work on corrupt money flows.

Maíra Martini is the author of several TI reports and analyses on beneficial ownership transparency and anti-money laundering. Maíra is also part of the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium, a ground-breaking partnership with investigative journalists from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. She is also on the Steering Groups of OpenOwnership and the Anti-Corruption Data Collective, an initiative involving different civil society actors with the objective of leveraging both data and expertise to target specific vehicles for hiding and laundering ill-gotten gains.  Prior to that, Maira worked on the Anti-Corruption Helpdesk, where she produced research briefs on anti-corruption and governance on a variety of issues and countries and led the establishment of TI’s Anti-Corruption Experts Network. Maira is a lawyer, a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS) and holds a Master’s in public policy from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.