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July 14, 2011

By Dan Hennessey

Daniel Hennessey, an international affairs and geography major at the George Washington University, is an outreach and communications intern at Global Financial Integrity in Washington, DC.

Business leaders look forward to the “Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act”
Business Day, July 14, 2011

Tax Haven abuse costs the UK government £16 billion per year
Telegraph, July 13, 2011

Seoul to clamp down on wealthy people’s offshore tax evasion
Yonhap, July 14, 2011

Armor Holdings charged in U.N. bribery scheme
Washington Post, July 13, 2011

U.S. alleges bribes to Haitian officials
UPI, July 13, 2011

Can Thailand learn from the UK’s new bribery laws?
Bangkok Post, July 14, 2011

Swifter, harsher punishment awaits money launderers
Economic Times, July 14, 2011

Filipinos tell of bribes to leave home port
The National, July 14, 2011

Corruption, negligence plague former power Russia
Economic Times, July 13, 2011

Shining a light on African leaders’ ‘ill-gotten gains’
France 24, July 13, 2011

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