Financial Transparency Coalition

No need to worry, the 27th edition of TaxCast is here! The ever-interesting podcast produced by our colleagues at the Tax Justice Network can be viewed in the embedded video below. You can also view it on YouTube here.

I’ve noted before that sanctions, while certainly well-intentioned, are often meaningless in practice. In large part, this occurs because of many of the opacity issues in the international financial system. As a result of these flaws, whether intentionally or not, sanctions are often (although not always) purely symbolic. So in the case of Russia, which is now on the receiving end of the so-called “toughest sanctions since the Cold War,” are financial sanctions symbolic or substantive? Given the current dynamics in Russia and abroad, are they likely to work? If you’ve been reading the news at all,...

We are looking for a summer intern to help in the fight for enhanced financial transparency. Read below for a full job overview and instructions on applying! Do you want to contribute to curbing illicit financial flows? Do you want to work with organizations world-wide that work every day to change laws to make tax evasion

Vancouver, Canada, March 18, 2014 –This year’s TED Prize winner – Charmian Gooch of Global Witness – has announced that she will use the prestigious million-dollar award “to make it impossible for criminals and corrupt dictators to hide behind anonymous companies.” The announcement was made live and online from the TED stage in Vancouver, with