This is from this morning’s FT headlines email: Alleged fraud, convicted fraud and suspected fraud. Business as normal in the world of finance then.
How far do you have to go to find corruption? 10 Downing Street, I’d say
As the FT reports tonight: Senior Conservatives are plotting an audacious “cash-for-seats” offer to Nick Clegg, where the Liberal Democrat leader would back a Conservative-friendly
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The oil industry wants to maintain secrecy so it can maintain the culture of corruption
The American Petroleum Institute – representing all the major US oil companies – has launched a law suit against the SEC in the USA to block the
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The US shell corporation – the perfect vehicle for corruption
As Thomson Reuters have reported today: As the District Attorney of New York County, my office, time and time again, finds its criminal investigations thwarted
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Will Labour get tough on money laundering? If so it has to tackle tax havens
I’m delighted to see this report in the Guardian: Legislation that would have ensured that the City traders behind the Libor interest rates scandal did
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Never let it be said there’s corruption in the Isle of Man – even when the Attorney General’s in the dock
Manx Radio has reported: The Attorney General and the Deputy Assessor of Income Tax have appeared before magistrates in Douglas this morning. Stephen Harding and Colin Goodwin are
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If 20 people stole £750 million from HMRC why is no banker facing jail for handling their stolen money?
I’m on the World Service at 5.30 discussing HMRC’s “most wanted list”. One question I was asked during the pre-record session was “what would you
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Why I knew Standard Chartered was guilty
Last week I was heavily criticised for saying I thought Standard Chartered guilty as charged by New York. I was accused of trial by media;
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