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March 1, 2010

By EJ Fagan

EJ Fagan is the New Media / Advocacy Coordinator for the Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development in Washington, DC. He holds the same position with Global Financial Integrity.

Govt loses 30% revenue to evasion
The Zimbabwean, February 26, 2010

Germany buys Swiss bank data in tax evasion crackdown
Reuters, February 26, 2010

Swiss to outlaw untaxed money but wants to cling on to bank secrecy
Investment International, March 1, 2010

U.S.-UBS Deal Is Undermined by Swiss Ruling
Bloomberg News, February 26, 2010

Korean Depositors in Switzerland Face Monitoring
Korea Times, March 1, 2010

Silvio Berlusconi ‘avoiding justice’, demonstrators say
BBC World News, February 27, 2010

Berlusconi corruption trial adjourned to March 26
Reuters, February 27, 2010

Over 2,000 Italians probed in new tax crackdown
Reuters, February 26, 2010

OECD to list tax offences as form of money laundering
AFP, March 1, 2010

Russia Busts Crime Ring That Laundered $1.6 Billion
Bloomberg News, March 1, 2010

‘Documents prove Olmert’s guilt’
Jerusalem Post, February 26, 2010

India targets ‘black’ money
The National (UAE), February 27, 2010

Costa Rica looks to take itself off tax haven list
Tico Times (Costa Rica), March 1, 2010

Hedge-Fund Assets Offshore Exempt From Reporting Rule
Bloomberg News, February 26, 2010

Tax havens robbing 255 bn euros of poorest nations
PTI News, February 28, 2010

Wealthy Pakistanis Should Pay More Tax, Clinton Says
Tax Analysts, March 1, 2010

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