We are sad to hear of the death of the Reverend Paul Nicholson. Paul was a lifelong campaigner for social and economic justice, always fighting on behalf of vulnerable people, and happy to use his extensive knowledge and experience to push back against oppression. This blogger had the good … [Read more...]
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Lessons learned from organising our first virtual conference
In December 2019, the Tax Justice Network held its first virtual conference, bringing together over 150 people from around the world from Portland to Sydney. Offices, living rooms and libraries on different continents were connected into one virtual space where speakers from the OECD, G24, … [Read more...]
Slander and failed advertising campaigns: how tax haven officials responded to the Financial Secrecy Index 2020
This year’s edition of the Financial Secrecy Index 2020 – our biennial ranking of the world’s biggest supplies of financial secrecy – has received more news coverage and global support than any previous editions of the index. With over 700 news articles and broadcast pieces published on the index in … [Read more...]
Malta, murder and the finance curse: a podcast recommendation
This four-part podcast special series is well worth a listen. It's called My Mother's Murder, an investigation into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. It is narrated by one of her sons Paul Caruana Galizia. Here's part of the description of the podcast series: Daphne investigated … [Read more...]
Gender Equality: Can Taxation Make It A Reality?
© United Nations Photo Days before the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women was scheduled to meet in New York to focus on the gender equality aims promised in global agreements, goals and declarations, writes Liz Nelson, will we finally look beyond traditional thinking about how … [Read more...]
The Financial Secrecy Index reached a record-breaking number of people this year
Image credit: © 2011 Jens Schott Knudsen Launched two weeks ago, the 2020 edition of our Financial Secrecy Index has broken every record we track on the index’s reach and media impact. First published in 2009, the global coverage of this year’s edition of the index reflects a growing … [Read more...]
Edition 13 of the Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast: édition 13 de podcast Francophone par Tax Justice Network
We’re pleased to share the 13th edition of Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show for francophone Africa by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon covering the Financial Secrecy Index 2020 results. Nous sommes fiers de partager avec vous cette nouvelle émission de radio/podcast du … [Read more...]
Edition 26 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast 26# الجباية ببساطة
Welcome to the twenty-sixth edition of our monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma and Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal … [Read more...]
Tax Justice February 2020 Portuguese podcast #10: Ilhas Cayman é o pior ofensor global, mostra Índice de Sigilo Financeiro 2020
O Índice de Sigilo Financeiro 2020 da Tax Justice Network é o tema da décima edição do podcast É da sua conta. O indicador aponta as Ilhas Cayman, Estados Unidos e Suíça como os piores ofensores globais. Além disso, mostra que a maior parte das práticas que facilitam a corrupção, a lavagem de … [Read more...]
What criminal clans and German family businesses have in common
This article first appeared in Handelsblatt on 19 February 2020. Just a couple of years ago, some members of a Lebanese family were suspected of committing mafia-style crimes, including blackmail, drug-dealing, the theft of a giant gold coin (100 kg!) from Berlin’s Bode Museum, and the … [Read more...]
Financial Secrecy Index: who are the world’s worst offenders? The Tax Justice Network podcast special, February 2020
In this special extended Taxcast, Naomi Fowler takes you on a whistle-stop guided tour on an express train around the world with some of the Tax Justice Network team, looking at the worst offenders selling secrecy services according to the latest Financial Secrecy Index results What can nations can … [Read more...]
How the Finance Curse hurts U.S. agriculture
An article in the U.S. magazine The Nation, written by today's blogger (pictured above), highlights how the finance curse strikes U.S. agriculture. It starts by focusing on the political divides that seem to have opened up between the so-called "coastal elites" which tend to vote for Democrats, … [Read more...]
Financial Secrecy Index 2020 reports progress on global transparency – but backsliding from US, Cayman and UK prompts call for sanctions
US overtakes Switzerland in global ranking of financial secrecy hotbeds, Cayman leaps over both to top of the index The US has overtaken Switzerland in a global ranking of countries most complicit in helping individuals to hide their finances from the rule of law – but Cayman has leapfrogged both … [Read more...]
EU blacklists UK’s crown jewel tax haven while letting other tax havens off the hook
EU blacklist adds Cayman but addresses only 7% of global financial secrecy, while UK’s ‘Singapore on Thames’ threat looks increasingly self-defeating The EU will add British territory Cayman to a blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions on Tuesday, firing a shot across the City of London’s bow … [Read more...]
US launch event for Financial Secrecy Index 2020
Join Tax Justice Network and the FACT Coalition for a discussion of the 2020 Financial Secrecy Index and relevant US legislation. As Congress considers measures to combat financial secrecy and end the formation of anonymous companies in the United States, the Tax Justice Network and the Financial … [Read more...]
