I want to ask a simple question. It’s this. What would happen if The Times succeeds in its aim so clearly summarised by Rod Liddle
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Why is our government is so keen to turn a blind eye to financial crime?
I recommend watching this edition of Panorama, broadcast last night. It looks at those abusing UK bankruptcy law. It notes how easy it is for
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Why is the UK government so keen to help money launderers?
In December I wrote a blog on a Transparency International report that highlighted this issue: Due to the anti-money laundering directive introduced this year, anyone
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Beating McMafia
The new BBC series McMafia makes clear three things. First, that organised crime can still money launder, with the active connivance of the financial services
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Daphne Caruana Galizia RIP
The Guardian has reported the murder of the Maltese anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galuzia, saying: The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption
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State capture starts right here in the UK
The FT has an article this morning on corruption in South Africa in which it is said: What is it about South Africa that is
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Don’t just make Ireland collect Apple’s tax, charge them a penalty for failing to do so
The European Commission has taken Ireland to court for failing to collect the €13 billion tax demand on Apple imposed last year. The press release
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We’ve got as far as having fig leaves
The FT includes an all too familiar tale of recently looted Nigerian wealth having to be traced through US courts to assist recovery processes this
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The more often this happens the better off we’ll all be
As the FT has reported this morning: Pakistan’s supreme court has ordered Nawaz Sharif, the country’s prime minister, to stand down from his office in
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