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May 12, 2011

By Mina Remole

Mina Remole, a recent graduate of Johns Hopkins University, is a communications intern at Global Financial Integrity in Washington, DC.

Foreign Policy: Next, Let’s Get Bin Laden’s Financiers
NPR, May 12, 2011

Companies connected to money-laundering scandal
Montreal Gazette, May 12, 2011

Money laundering involves more than just cash transactions FINTRAC Director tells Anti-Money Laundering Conference
FINTRAC (News Release), May 10, 2011

FBI: Some US rogue firms operate in Indonesia
The Jakarta Post, May 12, 2011

Seeking Business, States Loosen Insurance Rules
New York Times, May 8, 2011

Pop stars among investors hit by taxman’s victory
The Guardian, May 11, 2011

Do higher taxes encourage tax avoidance?
Reuters (Blog), May 11, 2011

Ecuador president faces claims over bribery, drugs and vote-rigging
The Guardian, May 11, 2011

Bulgarian minister: ‘Better a black economy than none’
EurActiv, May 12, 2011

Russia’s culture of corruption easier to accept than fight
Russia Beyond The Headlines, May 11, 2011

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