The FT has noted this morning that: A letter from the Central Bank of Nigeria suggests that the state oil company has failed to account for nearly
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Isn’t it time we said that the world’s major banks were systemically corrupt?
This comes from one of this morning’s FT emails: Isn’t it just time we recognised that the world’s major banks were systemically corrupt? Why not
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The City of London engineering the world’s leading bespoke crime servicing multinational enterprise
I thought that this exchange between John Githongo and Alex Cobham on twitter last night was interesting: John Gothingo is a former Kenyan journalist who investigated bribery and
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The Tories talk out the UK Transparency Bill – whose prime aim was to stop tax crime
The United Kingdom Corporate and Individual Tax and Financial Transparency Bill had its second reading in parliament yesterday, as I noted at the time. Michael Meacher
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Penalising JP Morgan $6 billion is only good news if the claim has a purpose
The FT brings welcome news this morning, noting that: US authorities are demanding JPMorgan Chase pay more than $6bn to settle allegations it mis-sold securities to government-backed mortgage
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The BVI’s tax information exchange is in chaos – and it’s time the UK acted
As the OECD has noted in a new report on information exchange: British Virgin Islands : The Phase 2 review shows that the Virgin Islands experienced
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Increasing corporate accountability – what the UK Transparency Bill delivers
I’ve already written about the UK Corporate and Individual Tax and Financial Transparency Bill (which, t has to be admitted is a but of a mouthful
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What’s a £1 billion fraud worth? A suspended sentence
The reluctance of the world’s jurisdictions to tackle major corporate fraud – especially when undertaken by pilars of society – is notable. It extends to Japan, where as Financial
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JP Morgan wants Europe to be rid of social rights, democracy, employee rights and the right to protest
In late May J P Morgan issued a chilling review of what they saw as the state of progress on tackling the Eurozone crisis. As they put
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