Legalbrief in South Africa has a report on reaction to the leaking of the Kroll report into corruption by the Moi government in Kenya, covered
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Kenyan corruption
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of the leaking of the Kroll report on corruption in Kenya and the Guardian’s work in publicising it. The
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Tax avoidance is bad for your image
Accountancy Age reports that Michael Parkinson has dropped out of the totally artificial tax planning schemes organised by UK accountants Vantis. The schemes involved four
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Never in the field of human saving has so much been taken from so many by so few
Another front page story of significance this morning. Ashely Seagar in the Guardian reports that City bonuses have reached £14 billion this year. He suggests
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Why do politicians create tax havens?
A Norwegian reader asked recently on this site: Why would a state actively strive to become a tax heaven (as you mean UK is/is becoming)
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Striking companies off – sign the petition on the Downing Street web site
A petition has been created on the 10 Downing Street web site to stop tax abusers using the rules allowing the striking off of companies
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The Conservatives: the new friends of money launderers and tax evaders
John Redwood’s tome for the Conservatives continues to offer insane policy suggestions. Take this one: [I]t would be useful to have an independent study of
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One-eyed corruption hunting
A good blog by Alex Cobham in the Guardian yesterday. As he, rightly, argues, if you define corruption as only taking place in the public
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Tax haven UK – 4 – Never file a set of accounts
One of the chief characteristics of a tax haven is that it provides a secrecy space – an opportunity for something to happen about which
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