I’ve just noticed yesterday’s editorial in the Independent. Building on David Cameron’s comments on tax avoidance and the successful proseuction of a Swiss bank for
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The FT notes on the record breaking UBS fine for LIBOR rigging: The penalty may prove to be the biggest fine levied on banks that
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The following is a press release from Global Witness, but as I agree with it, and have worked with Global Witness on many issues, I
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From the FT’s email alerts this morning: HSBC is expected to pay $1.9bn and enter a deferred-prosecution agreement to settle accusations it allowed itself to
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As Nils Pratley says in the Guardian this morning: It’s becoming increasingly hard to spot the corporate good guys. Rolls-Royce, the company that gets more
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This letter was in the Guardian this morning: The Guardian’s investigation into offshore secrecy highlights a significant problem that is global in its impact. Developing
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As the Guardian notes this morning, the British Virgin Islands are a land of sand, sea and secrecy. That’s because the microstate is now the world’s biggest
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Offshore corruption exists. The veil of secrecy that it provides – that lead to me describing these places as secrecy jurisdictions – is designed to hide abuse, whether of
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I thought the astonishing average £248,780 cost of each tax avoidance case identified as outstanding at H M Revenue & Customs by the National Audit Office should be benchmarked for
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