Friday’s News Round-Up
November 6th, 2009
G20 Ministers Should Acknowledge Link between Illicit Financial Flows, Tax Havens, Poverty
GFI, November 5, 2009
GFI Advisor Jack Blum to Testify Before Senate Homeland Security Committee on Incorporation Transparency Act
Expert will urge Senate to end US corporate secrecy, help law enforcement fight money-laundering, terrorism.
GFI, November 4, 2009
US Senate Panel Tackles Problems Posed by Shell Corporations
Voice of America, November 5, 2009
G20 ministers meet in St Andrews
BBC News, November 6, 2009
Fitch Cuts CRSM As Italian Deposits Flee San Marino Tax Haven
Dow Jones Newswires, November 5, 2009
Monaco may be next on HMRC’s tax hitlist
Profession begins looking for next offshore jurisdiction to be targeted by taxman
Accountancy Age, November 5, 2009
Germany, Luxembourg sign tax transparency deal
Reuters November 5, 2009
Italy Seizes $445 Million in False Invoices in Company Raids
Bloomberg, November 5, 2009
Swiss would sign Italy tax treaty if off blacklist
Reuters, November 5, 2009
Corruption bomb explodes in Indonesia
Asia Times, November 7, 2009
Chirac on corruption charges: ‘I’ve nothing to be ashamed of’
AFP, November 6, 2009
Op-Ed: Who Should Monitor Corruption?
By HUGETTE LABELLE, Transparency Internationl
New York Times, November 6, 2009