Tuesday’s News Round-up
May 25th, 2010
Why G20 Should Go the Whole Hog at June Summit
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis, May 19, 2010
Financial institutions admit global recession has “brought poverty reduction to a halt” in Africa
ActionAid Press Release, May 25, 2010
IBM, Business Groups Oppose Jobs Bill Over Tax Increase Plans
BusinessWeek, May 25, 2010
Australia Signs Tax Agreements With Isle of Man, Jersey And British Virgin Islands
Government of Australia Press Release, May 25, 2010
Italy to Ban Cash Transactions Over 5,000 Euros, Lawmaker Says
BusinessWeek, May 25, 2010
Offshore tax evaders fined
JoongAng Daily (S. Korea), May 25, 2010
Megayacht Seized for Tax Evasion
The Wealth Report Blog, Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2010
The World Cup, football, tax and climate change
Times of London, Articles of Faith Blog, May 24, 2010
UBS Deal Looks Set For Parliamentary Approval
Tax-News.com, May 25, 2010
“Banking sector should put its house in order”
swissinfo.ch, May 25, 2010
India Presses Mauritius To Renegotiate Treaty
Tax-News.com, May 25, 2010
HK, Austria Sign Pact To Avoid Double Taxation, Tax Evasion
Dow Jones, May 25, 2010
New laws tighten noose around the necks of transnational criminals
Business Daily (Kenya), May 25, 2010
Police arrest 32 across Europe in Irish gang crackdown
Reuters, May 25, 2010
Mexico shaken by apparent abduction of powerful politician Fernandez
Washington Post, May 25, 2010
Experts: Accused Jamaican drug lord akin to Robin Hood, Pablo Escobar
CNN, May 24, 2010
Court cases shed light on money-transferring system
Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2010
Authorities raid major brokerage firm in Venezuela
Associated Press, May 24, 2010
Chávez expects arrest warrant
Miami Herald, May 22, 2010
SC orders govt to write letter to Swiss authorities
Express Tribune (Pakistan), May 25, 2010
Police recommend indicting FM over receiving secret file from ambassador
Haaretz, May 25, 2010
Israeli police question ex-PM Olmert on bribe case
Associated Press, May 25, 2010
Pakistan says ‘no evidence’ president took Swiss kickbacks
BBC News, May 25, 2010
Are bribe firms escaping justice?
BBC News, May 25, 2010
Plot thickens in Australian bribery probe
The Times of London, May 25, 2010
Taiwan’s dirty French connection
Vancouver Sun, May 25, 2010
Incoming Philippine President banks on transparency to combat corruption, poverty
Xinhua, May 25, 2010
EFCC Quizzes PDP Deputy Chair Over Siemens Scandal
The Daily Trust (Nigeria), May 25, 2010
Taskforce identifies corruption ‘loopholes’
Jakarta Post, May 25, 2010
Holder to Visit OECD in Paris on Memorial Day
Main Justice, May 24, 2010
Financial Advisers Don’t Know Sanctions Rules, U.K. FSA Says
BusinessWeek, May 24, 2010
China crisis: Soccer rocked by corruption scandals
CNN, May 24, 2010
Niger’s Military Government Opens Fight Against Corruption
VOA News, May 25, 2010