The government has announced today that: Measures to improve the transparency of who really owns and controls UK companies have been announced by Business Secretary
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As the FT report in an email this morning: Credit Suisse made false claims in US visa applications, conducted business with clients in secret elevators
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I have already referred to the new report from the OECD, published today, in which that agency says that action to tackle tax evasion is
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I have long argued that the UK does far too little to tackle tax evasion. It’s good to note that the OECD now agree. As
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My friend and co-author Prof Prem Sikka has the following blog on The Conversation website. I share it with permission: Iceland has sent four former
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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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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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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 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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