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TJN signs Alex Cobham to join the squad in January 2015
It is with great excitement that we share the news that we have signed Alex Cobham to joining the TJN squad in early January 2015, taking the position of Director of Research. TweetShare
Corruption behind closed doors
Here’s an interesting new map of corruption and illicit financial flows. In this blog titled Is it time for a Different Look at Mapping Corruption, James Cohen, picks up on work by TJN, Global Witness, and Washington-based Global Financial Integrity, and suggests that the time is ripe for leading anti-corruption NGO Transparency International to expand its mapping of corruption (based
Read the full article…The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #41
HSBC – the world’s favourite illicit bank? HSBC Switzerland has been charged by French authorities for “illicit financial and banking practices”. TweetShare
TJN’s monthly Taxcast – November 2014
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A comparative study of tax systems in six Arab countries
This new study by the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), in collaboration with Christian Aid and Social and Economics Policy Monitor Palestine, explores how the tax systems of Arab countries have contributed to the lack of opportunity, growing inequalities, marginalisation and exclusion suffered by the majority of people living in the Arab region. TweetShare
Le Prix à Payer – The Price we Pay – screenings in Paris
Harold Crooks’ new documentary on how tax dodging and tax havens imperil democracy will have its first European cinema release in France in January 2015. Ahead of the release, the French distributors are arranging special screenings in Paris in mid-December 2014. Full details are here: TweetShare
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #40
UK Beneficial Ownership Registry: kicked in the Djangoolies? A public register of beneficial ownership is seen by many as a vital tool in the fight against global tax evasion, money laundering and other illicit flows. The UK has so far been a leader on this issue and wishes to be one of the first countries to implement such a measure.
Read the full article…The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #39 – a Luxembourg Special
Throw the Junck out When Jean-Claude Juncker (pictured) was elected as the president of the European Commission last May, staff at Wrapper Towers had to go into a darkened room. Others went straight to the bar. TweetShare
Open letter to G20 leaders – something must be done at Brisbane about illicit financial flows
OPEN LETTER TO G20 LEADERS When a global financial system allows billions of dollars of corrupt or stolen money to flow unchecked around the globe, something is wrong. When financial secrecy helps strip Africa of US$50 billion each year, something is wrong. When the poor of this world see the wealth of their countries slip beyond their borders, something must
Read the full article…The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #38
Playing away The New York Daily News has run a gripping piece about Chuck Blazer, former head of the North and Central American Football Federation CONCAF, and former member of Fifa’s executive committee. TweetShare
ISLANDS (or how to play dirty and get away with it) – preview in Reading
South Street Arts Centre, Reading, England – Thursday 6 & Friday 7 November, 8pm Caroline Horton & Co with China Plate and the Bush Theatre present 2 special preview performances. “This is my world, I am the king, I make the rules and everyone else can f**k off. This is off-shore.” TweetShare
Quote of the day: Wolfgang Schäuble on tax wars
In this article on why tax matters often need to be addressed at a global level, German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble discusses the urgent need for new international rules to protect tax sovereignty and warns against the dangers of tax wars, commonly but misleadingly known as ‘tax competition.’ TweetShare
Are Kenyan tax holidays over?
Here’s a headline (see picture) that should send ripples across the whole of Africa. Kenya’s Business Daily reports that the Kenyan government is considering plans to withdraw tax exemptions granted to foreign investors, including ten year tax holidays on corporate profits and ten year withholding tax holidays on repatriated dividends and other remittances. TweetShare
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #37
China hits out against tax avoidance from multinationals The G20 Brisbane summit is just one month away. Two stories this week remind us that some of the fiercest critics of the offshore system are developing countries such as China and India. TweetShare
