The world’s hidden wealth Prospect Magazine
By TJN’s @alexcobham and @nickshaxson
To end corruption, start with the US and UK. They allow it in broad daylight The Guardian
See also our earlier blog Anti-corruption summit: UK climbdown, but momentum grows, and Tax Justice Focus – The Corruption Issue
Regulators tipped off about Swiss bank years before “massive” tax fraud exposed swissinfo / Financial Times
India: Dutch, Cyprus route to avoid tax still open The Times of India
See also: Amended India-Mauritius tax treaty only covers investments in shares The Economic Times
Mexico widens tax evasion probe in wake of Panama Papers Reuters
ICIJ names AL leader Zafarullah, wife, over 50 other Bangladeshis in Panama Papers, Offshore Leaks bdnews24
Indonesia probes 272 taxpayers mentioned in Panama Papers The Jakarta Post
Gibraltar’s tax officials probe Panama Papers Gibraltar Chronicle
What are the top 10 most secretive tax havens? – video The Guardian
Data source is the 2015 Financial Secrecy Index
A Bluffer’s Guide to the Panama Papers Vice
Tax-Dodging Corporate Inversions Accelerating naked capitalism
Nearly 400 LSE-listed companies based in tax havens linked to UK The Guardian
Tax Experts Push IRS to Expose Multinational Tax Dodging FACT Coalition
Scottish firm at centre of global corruption scandal involving family of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov Herald Scotland
Tax havens accuse US of ‘hypocrisy’ over tax avoidance The Independent
In the 2015 Financial Secrecy Index , the USA is ranked third.
Protesters turn London’s Trafalgar Square into ‘tropical tax haven’ International Business Times
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