Financial Transparency Coalition

Anti-Corruption Views – An FCPA lunch Trust Law, September 30, 2011 Corruption bad, tax evasion good, cooking the books best—a basic primer from Transparency International Money Life, October 3, 2011 Koch Brothers Flout Law With Secret Iran Sales Bloomberg, October 2, 2011 Money-for-jam deal’s demise Business Report, October 2, 2011 Singapore Pledges Jail, New Tactics

Exclusive: Justice Department probing Chinese accounting Reuters, September 30, 2011 Japan’s FSA Is Investigating Citigroup Japan Unit For Lax Compliance–Sources Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2011 B.C. judge rules federal money laundering act unconstitutional for lawyers Vancouver Sun, September 28, 2011 NEWS ANALYSIS: Terrorism case worries Finnish Somali community Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), September 30, 2011

You probably already know that the Swiss Alps and tiny Caribbean islands aren’t the only places to hide illicit activities behind a veil of banking secrecy. Maybe you know that tax evaders and money launderers are increasingly looking to Asian centers like Hong Kong and Singapore to store their ill-gotten and government-evading dollars. Maybe you even know that some of the best places to hide your black money aren’t in the developing world or on a remote island. They’re in places like Delaware, London, and Nevada. In Delaware and Wyoming, for example, clients can anonymously set up shell corporations (companies...

Story Of The Year: US Chamber Edition Wall Street Journal, September 29, 2011 Tax officials join tax evader for a hockey night out in Montreal Globe and Mail, September 29, 2011 German Banks Welcome Swiss Tax Deal Tax News, September 29, 2011 Osborne expected to oppose EU’s proposal for Tobin tax on banks Guardian, September