Tuesday’s Daily News Digest
January 18th, 2011
Report Says Developing Nations Lost $6.5 Trillion In Illicit Outflows In Last Decade
Wall Street Journal (Blog), January 18, 2011
Cable: US knew of corruption
Al Jazeera, January 16, 2011
Swiss whistleblower hands bank data to WikiLeaks
Reuters, January 17, 2011
WikiLeaks unlikely to release Swiss bank data soon
Reuters, January 18, 2011
Haiti’s ‘Baby Doc’ in surprise return from exile
AP, January 17, 2011
Haiti police take Duvalier to court
AFP, January 18, 2011
Zardari ‘pocketed millions’ in French subs deal: report
The Nation (Pakistan), January 15, 2011
Emerging economies toughen tax stance
Financial Times, January 18, 2011
India set to join OECD to pace up efforts to check tax evasion
PTI, January 16, 2011
RBI issues warning on banking transactions with Iran
PTI, January 18, 2011
Advani slams government on illegal wealth in foreign banks
IANS, January 16, 2011
India to tear down flats at centre of graft scandal
BBC News, January 17, 2011
Spain agrees not to call Cayman a “tax haven”
Cayman News Service, January 17, 2011
Island company sues for damages after police search
BBC News, January 17, 2011
Tax policy focus for BFSB summit
The Bahamas Tribune, January 18, 2011
Liberia, Portugal Sign Deal to Combat Tax Crimes
Liberian Observer, January 17, 2011
Labour MP urges Barclay’s chief to reduce offshore subsidiaries
Daily Telegraph, January 17, 2011
Top footballers’ tax avoidance scheme costs Treasury £100m in lost revenues
The Guardian, January 16, 2011
Offshore tax evasion faces crackdown
The Korea Herald, January 17, 2011
Pfizer Rejects Report It Evaded Value Added Tax at German Units
Bloomberg, January 17, 2011
Minister-nominee Choi questioned over real estate
The Korea Times, January 18, 2011
Book Review: Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World
Financial Times, January 17, 2011
Prospect of huge new casino worries councillors
Globe and Mail, January 17,2011
Backlash over money laundering transaction reporting fee
The Australian, January 17, 2011
SFO urges companies to report corrupt rivals
Daily Telegraph, January 16, 2011
Row over efforts to dilute bribery law
Financial Times, January 15, 2011
Taiwan’s jailed ex-leader cleared in diplomatic case
AFP, January 18, 2011
‘Speech or debate’ clause invoked in investigations of House members
Washington Post, January 17, 2011
A Voyage Into the Darkness of Indonesian Corruption
Asia Sentinel , January 18, 2011
Niger’s Tandja in prison on graft charges-sources
Reuters, January 16, 2011
Singapore Official Faces Life in Prison as City-State Protects Clean Image
Bloomberg, January 18, 2011