{"id":6594,"date":"2010-04-19T10:29:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T08:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2010\/04\/19\/time-for-the-g20-to-tackle-illicit-financial-flows\/"},"modified":"2010-04-19T10:29:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T08:29:29","slug":"time-for-the-g20-to-tackle-illicit-financial-flows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2010\/04\/19\/time-for-the-g20-to-tackle-illicit-financial-flows\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for the G20 to tackle illicit financial flows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_DyMZu-G10uA\/S8gwM0B6FkI\/AAAAAAAABB4\/pXeZr0ixky0\/s320\/uncac+logo.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m delighted Tax Research was part of a massive global coalition of civil society organisations with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncaccoalition.org\/\">shared focus on corrupt practices<\/a> that called last week on the G-20 countries, in advance of their global summit meeting this year in Toronto, Canada, to tackle the issue of illicit financial flows.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Call for G-20 action to tackle illicit financial flows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We, the undersigned civil society organisations, urge the Group of Twenty Countries (G20) to:     <br \/>- recognise the link between illicit outflows of capital from developing countries, absorption of those resources by tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions, and the adverse impact those flows have on poverty alleviation and economic development;      <br \/>- call on the Financial Action Task Force to amend its recommendations 33, 34, and VIII to provide that the beneficial ownership of all companies, trusts, foundations and charities be made a matter of public record;      <br \/>- reiterate the need for all jurisdictions to help recover the proceeds of bribery, embezzlement and other forms of corruption, and in particular to call on states to increase resources to investigate and prosecute corruption cases; to encourage the use of both criminal and non-conviction based asset forfeiture methods, and to provide coordinated, timely and effective mutual legal assistance, as promised by the G8 Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Declaration of 11 May 2004;      <br \/>- instruct the International Accounting Standards Board to recommend that all multinational corporations report their income and taxes paid on a country by country basis; and      <br \/>- call on the OECD to create and promote a single multilateral agreement for effective tax information exchange between all jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>14 April 2010<\/p>\n<p>Signatory organisations:-<\/p>\n<p>Christian Aid International     <br \/>EITI - NGO's for Extractive Industries Transparency Azerbaijan      <br \/>Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative International      <br \/>Transparency International Azerbaijan      <br \/>Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women International      <br \/>Bahrain Transparency Society      <br \/>Global Witness International Bangladesh      <br \/>NGO Network for Radio and Communication Bangladesh      <br \/>International Council of Women International      <br \/>BRAC University Bangladesh      <br \/>International Trade Union Confederation      <br \/>Voice Bangladesh      <br \/>Islamic Relief Worldwide International      <br \/>Credcentre Benin      <br \/>La Strada International      <br \/>Club-Journalists against corruption Bulgaria      <br \/>Public Services International      <br \/>Buddhsim and Society Development Association Cambodia      <br \/>Tax Justice Network International      <br \/>Pact Cambodia      <br \/>Tearfund International      <br \/>Cameroonian League for Human Rights      <br \/>Tiri International Federation of Environmental and Ecological Diversity for      <br \/>Agricultural Revampment and Human Rights (FEEDAR &amp; HR) Cameroon      <br \/>Transparency International \u2014 Secretariat      <br \/>Global Network for Good Governance Cameroon      <br \/>UNICORN - Global Unions Anti-corruption Network      <br \/>Humanus International Cameroon      <br \/>SNAPAP Algeria      <br \/>Research Alliance for Development Cameroon      <br \/>Asociacion Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia Argentina      <br \/>Canadians For Accountability Canada      <br \/>Fundacion Mujeres en Igualdad Argentina      <br \/>FAIR (Federal Accountability Initiative for Reform) Canada      <br \/>Grupo de Mujeres de la Argentina      <br \/>Foro de VIH Mujeres y Familia      <br \/>Argentina Transparency International      <br \/>Poder Ciudadano Argentina      <br \/>Chile Transparente      <br \/>Transparency International Armenia      <br \/>Partnership for Social Development Croatia      <br \/>Oziveni Czech Republic      <br \/>Transparency in Nigeria      <br \/>Ibis Denmark      <br \/>Women Environment &amp; Development Network (WEDEN) Nigeria      <br \/>AICO- Arab Organization for International Cooperation      <br \/>Women in Publishing (WIP) Nigeria      <br \/>Arab Thought Forum Egypt      <br \/>Women's Right to Education Programme (WREP) Nigeria      <br \/>Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance Egypt      <br \/>Zero Corruption Coalition Nigeria      <br \/>Participatory Development Program (PDP) Egypt      <br \/>Attac Norway      <br \/>Fundacion Nacional para el Desarrollo (FUNDE) El Salvador      <br \/>Norwegian Church Aid Norway      <br \/>Youth Education Forum F.Y. Republic of Macedonia      <br \/>DISCOVER Pakistan Foundation      <br \/>Open Society Institute F.Y. Republic of Macedonia      <br \/>GINI -Governance Institutions Network International Pakistan      <br \/>Transparency Zero Corruption F.Y. Republic of Macedonia      <br \/>PILDAT - Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development &amp; Transparency      <br \/>Transparentnost Macedonia      <br \/>Society for the Empowerment of People-STEP Pakistan      <br \/>CCFD-Terre Solidaire France      <br \/>Transparency International Pakistan      <br \/>Helio International France AMAN      <br \/>Transparency International Palestine      <br \/>Plate Forme Paradis Fiscaux et Judiciaires France      <br \/>Grupo de Trabajo Contra la Corrupcion (GTCC) \/ Work Group against Corruption Peru      <br \/>Sherpa France      <br \/>National Human Rights Coordination Body Peru      <br \/>Transparency International France      <br \/>Proetica Peru      <br \/>NGO ArtIdea Georgia Business for Integrity 2020 Philippines      <br \/>TRACC - Georgia      <br \/>Global watch Philippines      <br \/>The Johanniter Germany Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK) Philippines      <br \/>Transparency International Germany      <br \/>Transparency and Accountability Network Philippines      <br \/>Ghana Integrity Initiative      <br \/>Transparency International Philippines      <br \/>Centre for European Constitutional Law Greece      <br \/>Ummah Fi Salam Philippines      <br \/>Accion Ciudadana Guatemala      <br \/>Asociatia Romana pentru Transparenta Romania      <br \/>Stat View International      <br \/>Guinea Trade Union      <br \/>Elie Radu Romania      <br \/>Afrikaplatform Hungary      <br \/>Transparency International Russia      <br \/>Civil Society Development Foundation Hungary      <br \/>Transparency International Rwanda      <br \/>Foundation for Development of Democratic Rights Hungary      <br \/>Forum Civil Senegal      <br \/>K-Monitor Hungary      <br \/>REPAOC Senegal      <br \/>National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions Hungary      <br \/>Africa Youth for Peace and Development Sierra Leone      <br \/>Centre for Applied Sociology India      <br \/>Youth Partnership for Peace and Development Sierra Leone      <br \/>Gram Bharati Samiti India      <br \/>Open Society Foundation (OSF) Slovakia      <br \/>The National Center For Peace &amp; Development India      <br \/>Transparency International Slovakia      <br \/>Transparency International India      <br \/>Integriteta-association for ethics in public service Slovenia      <br \/>Indonesia Corruption Watch      <br \/>Transparency International Solomon Islands      <br \/>LEIP Indonesia      <br \/>Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa South Africa      <br \/>National Law Reform Consortium Indonesia      <br \/>Institute for Security Studies (ISS) South Africa      <br \/>Partnership for Governance Reform \/ Kemitraan Indonesia      <br \/>T.F.A.C (The Fight Against Corruption ) South Africa      <br \/>Telapak Indonesia Heungsadan      <br \/>(Young Korean Academy) Transparency Movement South Korea      <br \/>Transparency International Indonesia      <br \/>K-Pact Council South Korea      <br \/>Iraqi Center For Transparency and Corruption Iraq      <br \/>Transparency International Korea South Korea      <br \/>Kurdistan Anti Corruption Network Iraq      <br \/>Transparency International Sri Lanka      <br \/>Dochas Ireland      <br \/>Transparency International Sweden      <br \/>Transparency International Ireland      <br \/>Basel Institute on Governance - ICAR Switzerland      <br \/>OMETZ Israel      <br \/>Transparency International Switzerland      <br \/>Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale (CRBM) Italy      <br \/>Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victoria and Tasmania      <br \/>AfricCOG - Africa Centre for Open Governance Kenya      <br \/>Transparency International Chinese Taipei Taiwan      <br \/>Bunge la Mwananchi Kenya      <br \/>Luta Hamutuk Institute Timor Leste      <br \/>Kenya tuitakayo: Citizens&rsquo; Coalition for Constitutional Culture      <br \/>Transparency Institute Trinidad and Tobago      <br \/>Transparency International Kenya      <br \/>Transparency International Uganda      <br \/>Kuwait Transparency      <br \/>Water Governance Institute Uganda      <br \/>Public Investigation Bureau Latvia      <br \/>Association for Accountancy and Business Affairs United Kingdom      <br \/>Actions for Genuine Democratic Alternatives (AGENDA) Liberia      <br \/>Partnership for Transparency Fund United Kingdom      <br \/>Center for Transparency &amp; Accountability Liberia      <br \/>Protimos United Kingdom      <br \/>Transparency International Lithuania      <br \/>Rights &amp; Accountability in Development (RAID)      <br \/>Transparency Zero Corruption Macedonia      <br \/>Tax Research UK United Kingdom      <br \/>Baholalao Integrity Safeguard Committee Madagascar      <br \/>The Corner House United Kingdom      <br \/>Centre for Public Policy Studies Malaysia      <br \/>The office of Lord Brennan, UK United Kingdom      <br \/>Libertad en accion Mexico      <br \/>Trades Union Congress (TUK) United Kingdom      <br \/>Transparencia Mexicana Mexico      <br \/>Transparency International United Kingdom      <br \/>MANS Montenegro      <br \/>War on Want United Kingdom      <br \/>Etica y Transparencia Nicaragua      <br \/>World Wildlife Fund United Kingdom      <br \/>Association Nig?\u00a9rienne de Lutte contre la Corruption (ANLC) Niger A      <br \/>merican Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative United States      <br \/>African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) Nigeria      <br \/>Financial Intelligence Council United States      <br \/>African Youth Empowerment Nigeria      <br \/>Hills Program on Governance United States      <br \/>Blossom Nigeria Project Nigeria      <br \/>Project on Organizing Development Education and Research United States      <br \/>Equity Advocates Nigeria      <br \/>The Jus Semper Global Alliance United States      <br \/>Grass Root Anti-Corruption Awareness Network Initiative Nigeria      <br \/>Transparency International USA      <br \/>Independent Advocacy Project (IAP) Nigeria      <br \/>Observatorio Hannah Arendt Venezuela      <br \/>Moms Club International Nigeria      <br \/>Provea Venezuela      <br \/>Nigeria Labour Congress Nigeria      <br \/>Transparencia Venezuela      <br \/>NPA Nigeria      <br \/>Citizens Forum Zambia      <br \/>Publish What You Pay\/NEITI Nigeria Transparency International Zambia      <br \/>Save Earth Nigeria      <br \/>Socio-Economic Rights &amp; 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