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October 7, 2009

By Hillary Evans

Hillary Evans is an intern at Global Financial Integrity.

U.S. tax-evasion crackdown could affect Canadians
Financial Post, October 7, 2009

Bank Fund Istanbul annual meetings discuss governance, conditionality, tax and debt
EURODAD, October 7, 2009

Polanski, Tax Cheats Put End to Swiss Myths: Celestine Bohlen
Bloomberg, October 7, 2009

France presses banks over tax havens
Agence-France Presse, October 7, 2009

Crisis to help Asian private banks says DBS
The Malaysian Insider, October 7, 2009

Can morality be brought to market? The BAE bribery allegations draw attention to the huge gap between corporate ethical talk and action
The Guardian, October 7, 2009

UPDATE:Julius Baer Buys ING Swiss Pvt-Bking For $500M-Source
Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2009

Tax Havens not safe from Australia
The Gov Monitor, October 7, 2009

Swiss bankers live with less secrecy
Reuters, October 7, 2009

Switzerland as a Haven Will Never Be the Same
New York Times, October 7, 2009

U.S. PIRG Catches Tax Haven Loophole In Appropriations Bill
The Huffington Post, October 7, 2009

Luigi Vitale charged over money laundering, drugs, gun
AdelaideNow, October 7, 2009

Bulgarians- wary of submitting corruption signals
Radio Bulgaria, October 7, 2009

Mexican mafia type extortion crosses the border into USA
The American Chronicle, October 7, 2009

Iraq investment still hindered by politics, bureaucracy
Reuters, October 7, 2009

Nigeria anti-graft police to question bank execs
Reuters, October 7, 2009

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