Once upon a time, tax havens hid billions from the view of the world’s tax authorities. Then they caused massive disruption. But now, their opacity
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Trump comes out in favour of corruption
The corruption rollout that is now the characteristic of Trump’s presidency continues today. As the FT has reported: Donald Trump has ordered the Department of
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The toxicity of tax havens claims another victim
When I began this blog, if a Treasury minister had enjoyed the benefit of a flat owned by an offshore trust it is very unlikely
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The tax justice movement really does need to get its demands right
As the Guardian reported yesterday: The UK’s offshore financial centres must fall in behind plans to stop “dirty money” by publishing registers of corporate ownership,
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Wealth taxes can only be built on the foundations created by those who fought tax havens
Way back in 2005, John. Christensen and I wrote what was to become the foundational document of tax justice, which it still is in many
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Freeports should be abolished
I have long campaigned against freeports. When they were first announced, and the opportunity to meet with the government was offered to those who objected
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Claiming an unethical action is legally permitted has always been the defence of the desperate
For many years I spent a great deal of time dealing with the activities of those who used tax havens, whether they be the so-called
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£4 million from Cayman? That will do nicely, thank you
As Open Democracy has revealed: The Labour Party’s largest-ever donation came from a Cayman Islands-registered hedge fund with shares worth hundreds of millions of pounds
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They’re not going
I noted yesterday a report from an estate agent saying one in six UK millionaires is going to leave the country ver the next few
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