This from Global Witness concerning Sarah Wykes who has been detained in Angola: 16 March 2007 Angola: Attorney General grants Dr Wykes appeal to leave
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Money laundering
For those with an interest in money laundering, the US Government has recently published its 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Volume 2 is on
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Development Today
Development Today is a Nordic Journal dealing with the subject its title addresses. It does, unfortunately run a web site for subscribes and so I
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China creates a level playing field
The China Daily has reported: A new law to unify income taxes for both Chinese and foreign enterprises has been in the pipeline for a
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The truth – so hard to find
The business press is full of reports today that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) is to restate its financial statements from 2004 onwards because
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Jersey – officially a money laundering free zone!
It’s official – money laundering does not take place in Jersey. I know that’s true. The Jersey police say so in their 2006 annual report.
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Tax and corruption
People sometimes ask why the Tax Justice Network links tax and corruption quite so closely. This morning the FT reports: Vetco International, the UK oil
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Secrecy breeds corruption
I’ve been putting up some links to offshore suppliers of corruption services of late. This one is sickening. It’s not difficult to see why the
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Why do Mastercard allow this?
In researching ‘Closing the Floodgates’ for TJN I came across a number of web sites offering anonymous debit card accounts. Most (but not all) are
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