In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: We look at the terrible Beirut explosion and how the story of tracing those responsible tells us everything that's wrong with our world.Plus, we discuss what President-elect Biden's win could mean for tax and economic … [Read more...]
Corruption
Systemic Corruption and the Oligarchic Threat to National Security
Attempts to tackle corruption have tended to work with a narrow, legalistic definition of the phenomenon, which leaves much that should concern us either out of focus or altogether invisible. In this guest blog, cross-posted from our recent edition of Tax Justice Focus on national security, Camila … [Read more...]
The Financial Infrastructure of Corruption
We recently published a special edition of Tax Justice Focus on national security, guest edited by Jack Blum, Charles Davidson and Ben Judah. You can read their editorial here. In the following article, Yakov Feygin from the Berggruen Institute, argues that the United States could and should use … [Read more...]
It’s got to be automatic: Trillions of dollars offshore revealed by Tax Justice Network policy success
This is a moment, in these strange times, to celebrate an ongoing success in the history of the tax justice movement. Automatic, multilateral exchange of information on financial accounts is the A of our ABC of tax transparency. It has been a campaign aim since our inception in the early 2000s, as … [Read more...]
Britain’s Slave Owner Compensation Loan, reparations and tax havenry
Update: you can hear Naomi Fowler and John Christensen discussing this research in edition 102 of the Taxcast, our monthly podcast, starting about 2 minutes in: It's hard to believe but it was only in 2015 that, according to the Treasury, British taxpayers finished 'paying off' the debt which … [Read more...]
A “world fit for money laundering” must end in the post Covid-19 era
We're sharing here the details of explosive new research on "the untold history of how prominent civil servants in the UK tailored US-devised anti-money laundering policies in ways that suited the needs of Britain’s financial services industry." This new research was carried out by our senior … [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...]
Videos: Touring London, the capital of secrecy
After three and a half years of acrimony, Brexit will become a reality in just a few days time. January 31st will be a historic moment, for both Europe and the United Kingdom, marked by jubilant celebrations in some circles and profound misgivings in others. One very small but extremely powerful … [Read more...]
Tax Justice November 2019 Portuguese podcast: Penalidade máxima: a sonegação no futebol #7
Welcome to our seventh monthly tax justice podcast/radio show in Portuguese. Bem vindas e bem vindos ao É da sua conta, nosso podcast em português, o podcast mensal da Tax Justice Network, Rede de Justiça Fiscal. É da sua conta é o podcast mensal em português da Tax Justice Network, com … [Read more...]
Edition 7 of the Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast/radio show: #7 édition de radio/podcast Francophone par Tax Justice Network
We’re pleased to share the seventh edition of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show for francophone Africa by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon. The podcast is called Impôts et Justice Sociale, ‘tax and social justice.’ It’s available for anyone who wants to listen to it, … [Read more...]
Whistleblower Rudolf Elmer: legal opinion on latest ruling
We’ve written many times about Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer’s long legal battles against Swiss banking secrecy here, here, here here and here. He’s endured 48 prosecutorial interrogations, 6 months in solitary confinement and 70 court rulings. Of one thing you can be sure – if the Swiss bank … [Read more...]
Edition 16 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show, 16# الجباية ببساطة
Welcome to the sixteenth edition of our monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. (In Arabic below) Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma and Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative … [Read more...]
Edition #3 of the Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast/radio show: #3 édition de radio/podcast Francophone par Tax Justice Network
We’re pleased to share the third edition of the Tax Justice Network’s new monthly podcast/radio show for francophone Africa by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon. The podcast is called Impôts et Justice Sociale, ‘tax and social justice.’ It’s available for anyone who wants to listen to … [Read more...]
NEW: Francophone Africa Tax Justice Network podcast goes live: lancement d’un Podcast Francophone par Tax Justice Network
We're proud to share the Tax Justice Network's brand new podcast/radio show produced in, and for francophone Africa by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon. The podcast is called Impôts et Justice Sociale. It's available to anyone who wants to listen to it, and, as is the case with all our … [Read more...]
Hey EU Council! think again on whistleblower protection
The Tax Justice Network is a signatory to the following letter, sent this morning to the EU Council. We argue that the proposed EU Directive on the protection of whistleblowers does not adequately protect public interest, and will inhibit whistleblowers from revealing information about employers … [Read more...]
