Financial Transparency Coalition Newsletter January – March 2016
Credit Suisse, the Jailed Banker and an Oligarch’s Millions Bloomberg
Swiss Banks Land in Middle of Money-Laundering Probe — Again Bloomberg
“U.S. said to seek banking records in widening Venezuela probe”
OECD warns that tax evasion weakens economies in Latin America TJN Latin America and Caribbean (In Spanish)
Canada: Breathe Easy Bank Presidents, Budget Didn’t Touch Stock Option Loopholes Canadians for Tax Fairness
See also: Budget 2016: Targetting Tax Evasion
EU tax transparency plans won’t work, say campaigners The Guardian
For more, listen to the TJN March 2016 Podcast
Panama’s Mossack Fonseca: The New Zealand Connection naked capitalism
Iceland: PM “Had Nothing to Hide” Iceland Review
“The Prime Minister’s wife, Anna Sigurlaug Pálsdóttir, has been under fire since it recently came to light that a company she owns, called Wintris, holds around a billion krónur in Tortola—one of the world’s most notorious tax havens.”
Taxes on trial – How trade deals threaten tax justice tni
European Parliament – Six major European banks explain their “tax optimisation” role to MEPs
Apple, McDonald’s, Ikea, And Google In The Spotlight, As Tax Controversies Heat Up In 2016 Forbes
U.S.: How the Treasury Could Take Action to Prevent Inversions Citizens for Tax Justice
Shell companies: The Woolly Mammoth in the Coal Mine New York Magazine
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