The killing of George Floyd by US police in Minnesota, on 25 May 2020, has sparked a public response both more powerful and more international than almost any of the previous cases in a very long line - including Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, 13 March 2020. The demands for justice extend far beyond … [Read more...]
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Tax Justice Network Portuguese podcast #13: Pandemia: como acertar no socorro às empresas?
Em meio à crise econômica e sanitária, o governo brasileiro anunciou uma injeção de mais de US$ 185 bilhões para ajudar o setor financeiro — cerca de dez vezes o orçamento do Ministério da Saúde. Enquanto isso, 87% das micro e pequenas indústrias do Estado de São Paulo, por exemplo, não conseguem … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Spanish language monthly podcast: ¿Quienes son los más responsables del secreto financiero mundial?
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, free to download and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónico! (Ahora también estamos en … [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Let’s shrink the City of London finance sector, for prosperity’s sake
This week journalist and Tax Justice Network writer Nicholas Shaxson sounded the alarm in Britain's Guardian newspaper about plans for a “Singapore-on-the-Thames” economic model, a tax haven strategy, after Brexit: The strategy to win the great global race to attract financial capital by … [Read more...]
Isle of Man: an awareness-raising swim and reflections on tax havenry
The Isle of Man is part of the UK's network of satellite havens and secrecy jurisdictions, ranked number 17 in the 2019 Corporate Tax Haven Index and number 42 in the Financial Secrecy Index in 2018 by the Tax Justice Network. We identify the UK as "bearing the lion’s share of responsibility through … [Read more...]
Job vacancy: Financial Secrecy Index Intern
We’re hiring again! Details of the new Financial Secrecy Index 2020 Intern role below, and job information pack to download here. Key facts Application closing date: Monday 30 September 2019Start date: … [Read more...]
US half-shuts door to financial secrecy, opens new window
The US is the world’s second greatest contributor to global financial secrecy, according to the Tax Justice Network’s Financial Secrecy Index, only faring better than Switzerland in complicity in enabling financial secrecy schemes that foster tax abuse, money laundering and the financing of … [Read more...]
The Corporate Tax Haven Index: solving the world’s broken tax system in our monthly podcast, the Taxcast
In this month's June 2019 podcast we look at the new Corporate Tax Haven Index released by the Tax Justice Network. What does it tell us about the global economy and the international tax system? And how can we fix it? We also look at how India is pushing the G20 into action on global tax rules - if … [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...]
Rising inequality and dysfunction in the tax haven of Jersey: a Taxcast special edition
In this special extended edition of the April 2019 Taxcast, broadcast from the tax haven of Jersey: we explore Jersey's poor showing in the OECD's Better Life Index and ask why Jersey's spending so much money on improving its bad image instead of setting up public registers of beneficial … [Read more...]
