{"id":53618,"date":"2020-10-23T08:20:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T07:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=53618"},"modified":"2020-10-23T08:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T07:22:57","slug":"goldman-sachs-suppliers-of-corruption-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2020\/10\/23\/goldman-sachs-suppliers-of-corruption-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldman Sachs: suppliers of corruption services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Need I say more than this<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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I defined the suppliers of corruption services way back in 2007<\/a> as:<\/p>\n

1. Those governments who supply the secrecy spaces in which corruption can take place, which include (but by no means exclusively) the recognised tax havens;
\n2. Those who supply the services that allows such corruption to happen including the bankers, lawyers, accountants and trust companies who set up and operate such arrangements;
\n3. Those who undertake illicit transactions related to capital flight and tax abuse;
\n4. Those who ignore such transactions in the course of their duties.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Goldman Sachs has pleaded guilty to facilitating massive corruption. They fit fair and square into my category 2. Of course, they may also fit into 3 and 4 as well, but let's leave it at 2, because that is enough.<\/p>\n

Now to ask the obvious question, which is why has to still got a licence to operate? The usual punishment for a crime of this scale is the denial of freedom. Why has it kept it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Need I say more than this? I defined the suppliers of corruption services way back in 2007 as: 1. Those governments who supply the secrecy
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