The Guardian has posted a comment from Guinean President, Alpha Condé, currently in Davos at the 2014 World Economic Forum. He gets straight to business in his first paragraph: "As president of Guinea I know we can't tackle this problem alone – corruption is embedded in the western institutions … [Read more...]
Finance Sector
Occupy London: February 2014 tour programme
February 2014 programme Forget Jack the Ripper and the London Dungeons, we show you the murky side of the capital’s more recent past. Occupy London Tours is a free alternative tour company, run by volunteers, who want to throw open the secretive world of finance and politics for all to see. … [Read more...]
Links Jan 23
Davos Secrets: Swiss Trade Opacity and Illicit Flows from Developing Countries Center for Global Development See also comment by the president of Guinea At Davos, the west must help us root out corruption in Africa The Guardian, and our blog Why is Davos held in the world’s top illicit money … [Read more...]
Links Jan 22
Swiss banks devise new 'cash' strategies for clients Zee News Swiss Bankers Welcome Formation Of Tax Expert Group Tax-News … [Read more...]
Links Jan 21
HIghlights of Offshore Leaks So Far ICIJ See also: ICIJ To Reveal China's Offshore Secrets … [Read more...]
The Bahamas – Another Captured State?
Written for TJN by someone with long experience of the Bahamas. The Bahamas is a stunningly beautiful archipelago of more than 700 islands, cays and islets, a proud nation populated with vibrant, passionate, good-hearted people. The economy of this small island state, ranked at 35th position on … [Read more...]
Big Newsweek exposé on human rights abuses in tax haven Jersey
From the Treasure Islands blog: I've just had an email from Stuart Syvret, a dissident former health minister in the British tax haven of Jersey, who has just got out of prison after challenging the island's financially-dominated oligarchy. The email was in his characteristically forthright … [Read more...]
Links Jan 16
The time is now: European Parliament to vote on the Anti-Money Laundering Directive Eurodad See also: Member states split on proposed transparency for trusts legislation IFC Review / European Voice … [Read more...]
Links Jan 14
"BEPS Action Plan: Update on 2014 Deliverables"- Live Webcast Thursday 23 January OECD Hellenic EU Presidency Outlines Priorities Tax-News "Greece will press for the extension of automatic information exchange procedures as part of its six month European Union (EU) Presidency." … [Read more...]
Just Money: how society can break the power of finance
From Commonwealth publishing: An e-book by the acclaimed economist Ann Pettifor, Just Money: How We Can Break the Despotic Power of Finance. In it she explores the role of credit in the economy and its relationship with the money supply. She goes on to set out a set of policies to bring the … [Read more...]
Architect behind Eurozone’s biggest tax haven wants to be EC president
This is a very dangerous development. From Euractiv: "Former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU's longest-serving elder statesman, threw his hat into the ring yesterday (9 January) for the presidency of the European Commission to succeed José Manuel Barroso. … [Read more...]
Finance Curse
The Finance Curse: how oversized financial centres attack democracy and corrupt economies: Click here … [Read more...]
