Time to ‘definitively address’ Ireland’s tax haven reputation The Irish Times
See also: Ireland’s playing games in the last chance saloon of tax justice Tax Research UK
Malaysia 1MDB scandal: Ex-PM Najib Razak arrested Al Jazeera
See also: 1MDB: nest egg for poor turns into good way to blow billions The Australian
Alleged Danish Bank Fraud Total More than Doubles to $8.3 Billion OCCRP
See also: Danske Bank Money Laundering Allegations: Here’s a Timeline Bloomberg
The continuing problem of shell companies Compliance Week
Welcome to Malta, playground for the frivolous grandees of the right The Guardian
‘Citizenship for sale “foments corruption and imports organised crime and money laundering into the union”, the European parliament warned. As did the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia before she was murdered in 2017.’
Malta asks European Central Bank to withdraw license of scandal-hit Pilatus Bank Reuters
Malta’s Pilatus Bank and Latvia’s ABLV to catalyse fresh EU anti-money laundering crackdown The Malta Independent
I gave a TEDx Talk about taxation and everyone stayed awake ICIJ
If Ronaldo Can’t Beat Uruguay, the Least He Can Do Is Pay Taxes The New York Times Op-Ed
By Gabriel Zucman: ‘The Portuguese soccer star’s financial maneuvers can tell us a lot about the world’s failure to adapt to globalization.’
Swiss Banks to Welcome Cryptocurrency and break Singapore’s crypto dominance ZyCrypto (Citing report in Financial Times)
“… other jurisdictions such as Malta and Singapore are very active and making a lot of effort to attract these companies”
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