February 18th, 2011
Last week at the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, the African branch of Task Force coordinating committee member Tax Justice Network, Tax Justice Network - Africa (TJN-Africa), released the African edition of
Tax Us If You Can.
As Dereje Alemayehu, chair of Tax Justice Network's African Steering Committee,
put it in a blog last week from Dakar:
This report is a clarion call to civil society and governments across Africa to stand up against the injustice of those who dodge taxes, and the response from those attending the launch was clear: this is an injustice we can no longer...
February 1st, 2011
US Fed cash-flow data called underused weapon in war on drugs (Complinet Special Report)
Reuters (Blog), January 31, 2011
Indian government pressured to stop tax evasion
Daily Telegraph, February 1, 2011
Chair of OECD Working Group on Bribery concerned over delay of new Bribery Act
OECD Press Release, February 1, 2011
Egyptians Rally Against Mubarak as Turmoil Spreads
Bloomberg, February 1, 2011
Kabul Bank employees flee to Pakistan amid investigation into lending, officials say
The Washington Post, February 1, 2011
Big four auditors 'embedded in tax haven world'
Financial Mail, January 30,...
January 26th, 2011
Membership Part Of Government Strategy To Tackle Illicit Financial Flows, Increase Global Financial Transparency
WASHINGTON, DC – As part of a newly announced government plan to tackle corruption, crime, and illicit capital flight, the government of India has joined the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development’s
Partnership Panel. Task Force Partnership Panel members also include the governments of Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, and Spain, the Canadian International Development Agency, and the Ford Foundation.
In a...
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January 20th, 2011
Swiss banker Elmer re-arrested over Wikileaks charges
BBC News, January 19, 2011
Tunisia: Ali Baba gone, but what about the 40 thieves?
The Economist, January 20, 2011
Where the Hot Money Flows
Asia Sentinel, January 20, 2011
Russia follows China in illicit capital outflow
Pravda.Ru, January 20, 2011
Malaysia is fifth in illegal money chart
Malaysian Insider, January 20, 2011
UAE loses Dh1 trillion to illicit capital outflows
Emirates 24/7, January 20, 2011
Illicit outflows from Gulf hit nearly $1trn
TradeArabia News Service, January 20, 2011
Nigeria leads Africa...
