The Financial Secrecy Index Identifies the Countries Most Responsible for the Illicit Financial Flows that Facilitate Global Corruption The Global Anticorruption Blog
Tax Justice & Extractives: Toolbox from Latin America Global Alliance for Tax Justice
Authorities seize control of bank at center of Malta corruption scandal The Guardian
‘Maltese authorities took control of Pilatus Bank that is at the center of a scandal exposed by the murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’ See also:
Malta freezes Pilatus bank’s operations after chairman’s arrest Reuters, Whistleblower fears for life as US arrests Malta bank chair EU Observer
Australian tax justice movement fights Trump-style corporate tax cuts Global Alliance for Tax Justice
Latvia to phase out shell company accounts in banking sector Public Broadcasting of Latvia
ICRICT welcomes the proposal by the European Commission to introduce a digital services tax
See also: Taxation of digital companies: No free ride for Google and Co. Sven Giegold
‘Secret’ tax deals with multinationals soar despite scandals EurActiv
Shell company frontmen could be jailed under UK property transparency plans The Guardian
Slovak PM resigns after journalist’s murder OCCRP
‘Prime Minister Robert Fico resigned … following mass protests and political turmoil over the murder of a journalist who delved into corruption and links between organized crime and politics.’
Swiss charge three Germans in bank secrecy clash Reuters
“This is justice-for-hire, intimidation. It is supposed to tell every European that he will go to jail if he uncovers wrongdoing by a Swiss bank”
Panama Papers Law Firm Mossack Fonseca Closes Its Doors ICIJ
See also: Global Witness Statement on news that Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca is to close
Britain set to ban secretive Scottish shell companies to halt flow of dirty Russian money Herald Scotland
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