We're sharing in full an article published this month here from one of the Tax Justice Network's Senior Advisers, Tax Barrister David Quentin. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2018
Links Jan 9
High time for cooperation to protect tax bases International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) The murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia: Malta’s shame? BBC Newsnight See also: Caruana Galizia case: Malta ex-corruption investigator fears for life BBC News Serbian magnate Dragan Solak … [Read more...]
Links Jan 5
"OECD's double standards on taxation in Africa" Global Alliance for Tax Justice Asia: civil society organisations urge United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia Pacific (ESCAP) to curb Illicit Financial Flows Global Alliance for Tax Justice Ireland and Hungary reject EU-wide tax … [Read more...]
The US’s ‘Trump/Goldman tax law’ and the race to the bottom
The American Interest magazine has published an article by TJN senior adviser James Henry in which he points out that the damage caused by President Trump's tax reforms will ripple out way beyond the USA, where many citizens will be seriously harmed (we reported on the human rights implications of … [Read more...]
HSBC: Gangsters of Finance: new film
We are pleased to recommend the newly released film HSBC: Gangsters of Finance, produced by ARTE TV in German, French, English and Spanish. They describe the film as follows: Since the 2008 crisis, HSBC has been involved in countless scandals: Money laundering for drug cartels, corruption, tax … [Read more...]
Links Jan 2
The U.S. Is Becoming the World’s New Tax Haven Bloomberg 'Shuttering foreign tax shelters only to steal their business is a bad move.' Nigeria files billion-dollar claim against JP Morgan over Shell and Eni 2011 oil deal Global Witness What Nigeria must do to stop looting of public funds – Global … [Read more...]
