The Guardian, BBC and others have covered an unfolding story of massive VAT evasion as a result of distance selling from China (and maybe other
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The UK: offering companies as abusive and unaccountable as those in any tax haven
The FT has noted this morning that: Moldova’s government collapsed on Thursday as the fallout from a $1bn theft from the country’s banks dragged Europe’s
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Could the UK’s professional firms be leaving us exposed to money laundering?
The FT reported yesterday that: Billions of pounds of corrupt cash are flowing through the UK’s financial sector, according to an official report that accused
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So VW lied. What now?
We now know VW lied about car emissions. And not just lied, but knowingly lied. It even built the lie into its engine software design.
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If the government is serious about tackling dirty money in the UK it has to do a lot more than a property register
According to the Guardian: David Cameron will promise to act against corrupt foreigners who buy up luxury properties in the UK using secretive holding companies
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Is Australia turning a blind eye to money laundering?
Are some of the usual culprits missing?
The Guardian has reported that: UK offshore tax havens at heart of US investigation into World Cup corruption British Virgin Islands, Caymans and Turks &
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What a sensible government would do now with banking
The myth that there were just a few rotten apples in banking was shattered for good last week: fines exceeding $5 billion on major banks,
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If you aint cheating, you aint trying
It’s been widely reported that the above was said by one of the foreign exchange traders whose behaviour has led to the imposition of fines
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