Financial Transparency Coalition

Letter: Global tax systems out of step with times Montreal Gazette, April 19, 2011

OECD: Only Five Of 38 Signatories Punished Bribery In 2010 Dow Jones Newswires, April 20, 2011

Central American nations unite in battle against drugs The Peninsula (Qatar), April 20, 2011

Panama deal could help U.S. fight financial crime Reuters, April 19, 2011

Panama deal opens way for other trade agreements Associated Press, April 19, 2011

US blacklists North Korean bank Associated Press, April 19, 2011

Reproduced from the original on the Treasure Islands blog. This long blog is compiled as a result of email communications I've had with Michael Inglis, a tax barrister in Australia who has got in touch with me about Treasure Islands (he liked it, but wanted to discuss a few things.) Inglis has been closely involved with Australia’s Project Wickenby, a large, dedicated and remarkably successful effort to go after tax evaders and other criminals using offshore structures. As the Australian Tax Office puts it, Project Wickenby:

“was established in 2006 to...

In December of last year, I wrote a blog post on Gibraltar, a British Crown Dependency and tax haven, which is making a tidy profit from the growing online gambling community. I noted that the tax haven has used its low tax rates to attract a sizeable online gambling industry. This industry now employs 12% of Gibraltar’s 19,000 person workforce. Online companies in the tax haven currently pay a measly 1% tax, which raising this rate to 10% to placate the EU, but has still attracted a plethora of online gambling sites, and has furnished Gibraltar...

Tipping point Frontline, April 19, 2011 The Moving Finger Writes The Organiser, April 19, 2011 Online Poker Player Accounts Frozen as U.S. Indicts Operators Bloomberg, April 19, 2011 Russian parliament approves big jump in fines for bribes Ria Novosti, April 19, 2011 Moscow Police Report Huge Drop in Tax Cases This Year The Moscow Times,