June 22nd, 2009
This past week, Task Force members
Global Financial Integrity,
Global Witness, and
Tax Justice Network USA along with the Center for Corporate Policy, Citizens for Tax Justice, Friends Fiduciary Corporation, Government Accountability Project, MaryKnoll, New Rules for Global Finance, Oxfam America, and Public Citizen submitted a letter to the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) in support of the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (
S. 569).
The
letter states that the legislation:
...will help law enforcement stop the misuse of U.S. corporations for tax fraud, money...
June 17th, 2009
For more than half a century the Alpine nation of Switzerland has built a reputation as the world´s centre for tax evasion, fraud accounting, money laundering, racketeering, save haven and above all a staunch ally of corrupt third world leaders and a great beneficiary of third world corruption. For more than 70 years various categories of persons including Popes, presidents, prime ministers, corrupt dictators, wealthy business men, and drug dealers have all used and benefited from the banking secrecy laws of Switzerland. As a result her economy has been described in various terms as underground economy, deposit box for...
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June 11th, 2009
We must today acknowledge the existence of an axis that has remained ignored. It is a lethal axis that originates and perpetuates poverty. It is an axis that feeds and fosters mafias, corruption, crime and terrorism. The Axis of feeble is our new enemy if we are to redefine capitalism and build a new economic architecture that works for the extreme poor.
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