Accountancy Age and the Financial Mail report: Grant Thornton International faces a £5bn claim from food giant Parmalat which accuses the firm of an ‘active
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Jersey – riddled with corruption
I have been involved in a discussion on the IsThisJersey web site, where my blog entitled ‘2007 – a year in retrospect’ was reproduced. As
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What can an accountant do?
Stuart Jones, a practicing chartered accountant posed an excellent question on my blog entitled “Corruption – alive and well”. He said: I’m with you 100%
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The IMF are coming – let’s get the prosecutions rolling
The IMF is undertaking reviews of many offshore territories in 2008 with regard to their money laundering compliance. Jersey is rolling out new legislation every
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Crown Dependency money laundering: a plea for advice
My correspondence with a member of the financial services community in Guernsey is continuing. I have made a simple suggestion to him. This is that
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The Tote’s move to Alderney: the worst signal to tax avoiders that the government could give?
The Guardian has reported that: Totesport Casino, an internet arm of government-owned bookmaker the Tote, is switching its operations to the offshore tax haven of
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Corruption – alive and well
Max Hastings, a former editor of the Daily Telegraph wrote a thoughtful piece on corruption for the Guardian earlier this week. I recommend it. I
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Luxembourg and the FATF: Profoundly unethical conduct
Jerome Turquey has an astonishing entry on his blog. As he notes, page 20 of the FATF Annual Report for 2006 – 07 says: Thanks
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What I’d like for Christmas: that Channel Island’s bankers understand their money laundering laws
Two people claiming to be Channel Island’s financial services operators have been making extensive comments on two blogs on this site. Despite the claims of
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