August 23rd, 2016
In Tax Justice Network’s August 2016 podcast: The Big Four accountancy firms: Are they in fact more like the Big One? And should they be broken up?
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August 10th, 2016
This week, The Clearing House Association, a major trade association for U.S. commercial banks, endorsed legislation requiring the collection of information about the real owners of U.S. companies (S. 2489/H.R. 4450). The Clearing House Association is the oldest banking association in the U.S., and it advocates on behalf of the largest U.S. commercial banks, such as
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August 1st, 2016
In the span of just fifteen minutes, some of the leading economic thinkers from across the African continent manage to give an incredibly detailed, but accessible, overview of the problem of illicit financial flows. The new mini-documentary, produced by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), looks at the problem of illicit flows, and has
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July 29th, 2016
Earlier this week, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), along with their partners at the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR) and 18 media outlets around the continent, released a new batch of Panama Papers stories with a specific focus on African nations.
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