Financial Transparency Coalition

Global Financial Integrity Director Raymond Baker gives a lecture on the issue of illicit financial flows and the impact they have on development hosted by the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre and the Chr. Michelsen Institute at the the Bergen Resource Centre for International Development.

Did you know that each year developing countries loose 500.000.000.000 dollars in income due to tax evasion through Tax Havens? This is ten times more money than what these countries receive each year in economical support from rich countries. This is money that could have been invested in public welfare and development in poor countries. Help us in Attac fighting Tax Havens by joining our cause!

Developing countries are currently losing US$1 trillion dollars annually - 10 times the amount they receive in foreign aid. We can change this. Tell the G20 - the world's economic leaders - to create transparency in the international financial system. Sign the petition at www.G20Transparency.com.

Washington lobbyists and lawyers helped launder millions of dollars for allegedly corrupt African politicians and their relatives, according to a two-year-long investigation by a Senate panel.