Financial Transparency Coalition

Little to choose between Frontline, October 18, 2011 Whistle blowers encouraged to stand firm Eyewitness News, October 17, 2011 India Rapidly Expanding Tax Network Agreement Tax News, October 17, 2011 Ghana: Millions of Citizen’s Vanish Zimbabwe Telegraph, October 18, 2011 Plunder boys: Mubarak sons’ $340M stash New York Post, October 18, 2011

On Saturday, Jeffrey Sachs, who spoke at the 2011 Task Force Conference earlier this month, made an impassioned impromptu speech at Zuccoti Park. The speech covered a range of topics, but at 8:01, he addressed tax havens:

We need a global army of tax collectors The Globe and Mail, October 15, 2011 Angola Frees Protestors as Heat on Regime Builds The Wall Street Journal, October 15, 2011 Germany sniffs out Luxemburg tax evaders Deutsche Welle, October 15, 2011 Swiss banks summoned to hearing on U.S. tax evasion-paper Reuters, October 16, 2011 Higher

Christian Aid just released their new video for the End Tax Haven Secrecy campaign. Watch the (excellent) video, then visit EndTaxHavenSecrecy.org to take action today. Join us in calling to demand tax justice at the G20 summit in France in November 2011.