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April 19, 2010

By Clark Gascoigne

Clark Gascoigne is the Communications Director at Global Financial Integrity in Washington, DC.

Tanzania leads region in illicit money flows
The East African, April 18, 2010

Whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld: Some U.S. pols kept off-shore accounts with UBS
New York Daily News, April 16, 2010

OECD crackdown on tax havens seen lacking teeth
Reuters, April 18, 2010

Crime pays in Montreal’s underground economy
The Montreal Gazette, April 18, 2010

Italy asks San Marino to automatically exchange information on banking
Italica News, April 16, 2010

I-T department to seek details from Mauritius
Economic Times, April 19, 2010

Sack Tharoor, probe if foreign funds are in IPL: Advani to govt
Press Trust of India, April 17, 2010

India minister resigns over IPL corruption claims
The Times (of London), April 19, 2010

Greek taxpayers sense evasion crackdown
Financial Times, April 17, 2010

Op-Ed: Steve King opposes Treasury program to catch rich tax evaders
The Huffington Post, April 17, 2010

Revenue pays £437,000 to informers on tax evasion
Daily Telegraph, April 19, 2010

Washington, D.C.: Taxpayers Footing a $100 Billion Bill for Tax Dodgers
U.S. PIRG, April 15 2010

Taiwan court extends former president’s custody
AFP, April 16, 2010

Two judges in Gayus tax evasion case to be questioned on Monday
The Jakarta Post, April 18, 2010

Nato offensive aims to tackle bribery and corruption in Kandahar
The Guardian, April 18, 2010

Former allies of Hugo Chavez blow the whistle on ‘corrupt’ dynasty
Daily Telegraph, April 19, 2010

ANC ‘cracking up’ – Zille
The Independent (S Africa), April 17, 2010

Brazil police arrest alleged Colombian drug lord
The Associated Press, April 17, 2010

U.S. urges regional drug effort for Caribbean
Los Angeles Times, April 16, 2010

U.S. charges Australian with laundering $500 mln
Reuters, April 16, 2010

DSI tracks money trail of ‘terrorists’
The Bangkok Post, April 19, 2010

Transfer pricing rears its ugly head
Vietnam Net, April 18,2010

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