Banker’s Arrest Puts Boom Years Under Scrutiny at Swiss Bank Bloomberg
‘Julius Baer is clamping down after a series of run-ins involving Venezuelan oil money, FIFA bribes and arms sales to Russia.’ – read about this bank, and the story of whistleblower Rudolf Elmer, here.
State aid: Tax loopholes are Happy Meal for McDonald´s Sven Giegold
See also: As Commission closes McDonalds investigation, the company walks away laughing with 1 billion unpaid in taxes EPSU
Angola Arrests Ex-President’s Son Over $500 Million Transfer Bloomberg
Pakistan’s Ex-PM Released on Bail Over Luxury London Flats OCCRP
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrested in connection with 1MDB financial scandal The Wall Street Journal
U.S.: After Budget Cuts, the IRS’ Work Against Tax Cheats Is Facing “Collapse” ProPublica & The New York Times
Panama Papers film examines how journalists speak truth to power ICIJ
The UK as a corporate tax haven Tax Research UK
Brotherly Heist: A Sad Story Of A Failed Russian Bank And Its Toxic Aftermath Forbes
Story involves Cayman, Cyprus, and ‘financial schemes with shell companies of shell companies nested in one another like Russian matryoshka dolls.’
$234 billion and the “unpleasant matters” at Danske Bank Estonia Global Witness
See also: Danske Bank boss quits over $234 billion money laundering scandal Reuters
Danske Auditors in Crosshairs for Missing Dirty Money Clues Bloomberg
‘Denmark’s government wants to know why the bank’s auditors appear to have missed signs that one of Europe’s biggest money laundering scandals was unfolding in front of them.’
Danske scandal whistleblower invited to European Parliament to testify Reuters
See also: Danske Bank whistleblower seeks protection EU Observer
Swiss check if banks handled Danske’s Estonian fund flows Reuters
Many of Ireland’s wealthiest taxed at rate below average worker The Irish Times
Conviction of Nigerian oil deal middlemen spells trouble for Shell and Eni on eve of major trial Global Witness
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