Paul Biya, Cameroon’s Roaming President OCCRP
“Biya’s official salary is modest (reportedly just $271 per month, plus bonuses), but he travels and lives abroad in luxury … According to Cameroonian political scientist Achille Mbembe, nobody really knows what he does on his frequent trips to Geneva …”
Pakistan: Chasing dirty money The News International
Paradise Papers: Finance Secretary Caputo concealed Cayman Island offshore firms from Argentine authorities Buenos Aires Times
Argentina: High ranking official hid $1 million in Andorra El País (In Spanish)
IMF Warns Trump’s Tax Overhaul Could Fuel a Global ‘Race to the Bottom’ Bloomberg
Mining giants forced to review contracts with sanctioned Israeli billionaire Global Witness
Australia – Blind Faith: unlocking the secrets of WestConnex Michael West
“Meanwhile, the Great Vampire Squid, as Goldman Sachs has been famously monikered, has donated large licks of money to both major political parties, and won myriad government contracts besides this, but pays no tax in Australia”
Dutch tax minister tightens up advance rulings as 78 deals are found to have error DutchNews.nl
Citizenship by investment programmes ‘threaten international exchange of information’ STEP
We look at the booming business of passports and residency for sale in our October 2017 Taxcast
Swiss Bankers Head for Saudi Arabia finews
Latvia’s banking sector rocked by U.S. probe, central bank chief’s detention Reuters
Slovenia Pursuing ‘Tax Haven’ Asset Tax, Covering Also EU States Tax-News
Spring is here… time for the UK to clean up its backyard Global Witness
See also: Christian Aid challenges lobbying for tax haven secrecy
MP accuses British overseas territories of undermining US North Korea sanctions The Guardian
U.S. justice department alleges that companies based in British Virgin Islands and Anguilla are linked to a North Korean bank
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