I wrote recently of the problem many have faced in estimating the losses arising from illicit financial flows through tax havens. As a result I
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The Guardian is providing clear indication of the first tree that needs felling in the banking orchard: Now, who’s next? And please don’t all queue to
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Mark Carney has reportedly said that current banking scandals: mean it is simply untenable now to argue that the problem is one of a few
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The Independent has first rate report on money laundering using UK front companies this morning. The report itself is detailed and well worth reading: billions
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According to the FT this morning: Specialist teams are to be sent in to scrutinise law firms amid mounting concerns they are failing to fulfil
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HMRC’s senior management have done some quite bizarre things over they years since it was created to the point that I presumed that there was
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The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has been published by Transparency International  (TI) since 1995, but has in recent years been subject to quite a lot
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Another day, and more banking scandals. PWC amended a report to US regulators to hide their banking client’s abuse of US sanctions. They have been
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Time and again I am asked to believe that bankers have changed their spots and that we live in a new era of ethical financial
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