PWC has reported that HMRC held a meeting with representatives of up to 100 financial institutions on 25 September 2007 in connection with offshore evasion
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SEC accuses Bristow Group Inc of corruption
I’ve been sent the following press release: Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2007 – The Securities and Exchange Commissiontoday announced the institution of a settled enforcement
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Transparency International’s new Corruption Perceptions Index – getting it wrong again
Transparency International have published their new Corruption Perceptions Index today. I remain worried by this index. It covers 179 countries. Look at the top decile
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TJN at work in Kenya
Kenya is one of the most troubled countries in Africa right now. So it’s good to read this reprot on allAfrica.com of work done there
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Why is no one talking about the Granite problem that sunk the ordinary depositor in Northern Rock?
I did a Google news search on Granite just now. I wanted to know how many people are talking about the role of the Granite
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Northern Rock – those in the queue were right
I have spent some time talking to people about the ‘shadow’ structure that Northern Rock created and which I wrote about earlier this week. My
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L’Oreal accused of tax haven dealing
It’s been reported that: L’Oreal is facing renewed accusations in the French Court of Appeal in Paris that it illegally sold luxury cosmetics in Russia
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World Bank targets corruption in ‘havens’
The World Bank has announced a new programme of asset recovery, to be undertaken jointly with the UN. As its president Robert Zoellick said yesterday:
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Norway to lead study of tax havens
Norway said on Tuesday 11 September that it will lead an international working group investigating the role of secretive tax havens in hiding development aid
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