An excellent discussion of money laundering in the UK with Robert Palmer of Global Witness can be seen here. Worth watching.  

Reuters published a fascinating report today, ‘Out of Control at HSBC’. It draws on leaked documents from a number of criminal investigations into the bank
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My friends at Global Witness has just issued the following press release, which is worthy of reproduction in full for the level of abuse it shows prevalent
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I got this email last night from the World Bank: The first global study of financial disclosure laws and practices, “Public Office, Private Interests: Accountability  through
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George Osborne has said he’s going to stop stamp duty avoidance though the use of offshore limited companies tomorrow. And so he should. According to some reports The
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I’ve just been sent a note on how easy it would be to avoid the new UK – Swiss tax deal and declare nothing to the UK
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It’s extraordinary to note that on the day before the government supposedly announces a big crack down on tax avoidance by the wealthy in the UK it has today
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There’s a piece in Accountancy Age, published on Friday, that says: Most advisors would support a general tax amnesty, which they would communicate with many
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Transparency International had this letter in the FT today: The position expressed by the large oil companies (“Shell joins push to dilute EU’s proposed anti-corruption
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