Goldman Sachs Is Said to Be Under U.S. Scrutiny in Malaysian Inquiry The New York Times
‘The investigation centers on the disappearance of about $4 billion from a giant Malaysian government investment fund … The bank earned about $600 million in fees for its work.’
See also: Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak charged with money laundering over 1MDB scandal The Guardian, and An expensive souvenir of 1MDB corruption has sailed back to Malaysia Quartz
Jersey Finance paid for IEA report rubbishing ‘hotbeds of tax evasion’ claims The Guardian
The U.S. tax law will reduce what other countries collect from multinational corporations by 1.6% to 13.5%, a new paper suggests The Wall Street Journal
EU Split on Using Company Transparency Rules to Blacklist Tax Havens Bloomberg BNA
How investigative journalism exposed the Swiss tax ‘rip off’ ICIJ
Boom in new English ‘tax haven’ firms after Scottish crackdown Herald Scotland
Tax-break Ireland is no country for the vulnerable Irish Examiner
Global Witness applauds US attorneys general call to end anonymous companies
Spain Seeks ‘Tax Justice’ From Large Companies Bloomberg BNA
Lithuania’s ex-President’s Widow Entangled in Tax Evasion OCCRP
Hiding Russian Money Was Easy. Quitting Was Harder. Wall Street Journal (paywall)
Benedict Worsley, a self-created British ‘fixer,’ would do just about anything for his clients—until the offshore network he built came crashing down
After Scandal and Death, Two Alpine Banks Target Crypto Gold swissinfo / Bloomberg
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