Civil society activists play a valuable role amplifying stories and they will often use evidence found by journalists to help shape policy demands and to promote change.

In some cases, they also show that combatting tax abuse, illicit finance and grand corruption require new laws and practices. Oxfam Novib has supported eight civil society organizations in Africa and Asia with small grants to follow up on Money Trail stories with policy and advocacy initiatives and/or campaign ‘spikes’ in their respective countries.