March 18th, 2010
Swiss upper house approves five bank data deals
Reuters, March 17, 2010
Swiss Banking Lobby Criticizes US Anti-Tax Evasion Bill
Dow Jones Newswire, March 18, 2010
Karzai gives more power to Afghan anti-graft body
Reuters, March 18, 2010
Guatemala to extradite ex-leader Alfonso Portillo to US
BBC News, March 18, 2010
Money launderers going high-tech
The Miami Herald, March 18, 2010
'Shocked' peer: Ashcroft broke promise on tax status
The Guardian, March 18, 2010
No 'secret' Ashcroft deal - Hague
BBC News, March 18, 2010
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March 17th, 2010
Senate takes on double tax agreements
World Radio Switzerland, March 17, 2010
UBS: Offshore probes in Britain, Canada, Australia
The Associated Press, March 16, 2010
Government tracking bank transactions of terrorists
Sify (India), March 16, 2010
U.S. Senate Almost Finished With Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Tax Analysts, March 17, 2010
Levin Says Deferral Can Wait but Targets Tax Havens, Bush Tax Cuts
Tax Analysts, March 17, 2010
Somalia's President Assails U.N. Report on Corruption
The New York Times, March 16, 2010
Eastern European mafia is well-connected in the West,...
March 16th, 2010
Advani demands white paper on money stashed abroad
The Daily Times, March 16, 2010
Swiss bank UBS quizzed on tax
The Herald Sun (Australia), March 17, 2010
IRS: New UBS-style foreign bank prosecution "shortly"
Reuters, March 15, 2010
U.S. likely to get peek at HSBC accounts
Reuters, March 12, 2010
Banks warning clients of penalties
The Australian, March 17, 2010
At least 69 alleged Russian mafia arrested in European crackdown
The Christian Science Monitor, March 16, 2010
Wachovia in talks to resolve money-laundering investigation
The Charlotte Observer, March 16, 2010
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March 15th, 2010
Wealth Bulletin, on the recently released IMF study:
Cross-Border Investment in Small International Financial Centers (
via Richard Murphy)
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, an economist for the IMF in Washington, said statistical information on Luxembourg, one of the largest offshore financial centres in Europe, illustrated the extent of the problem. He said: “Luxembourg is one of the few offshore centres that disclose detailed statistics on assets and liabilities held in the financial sector, which makes it invaluable to understand cross-border money flows.”
The latest available IMF figures show portfolio assets held by foreigners in Luxembourg to be...
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