How a Chinese cave got listed on the U.S. stock market Reuters, November 30, 2011 Developing Nations Lose Billions to Multinational Tax Dodging IPS, November 28, 2011 France Strengthens Fight Against Tax Fraud Tax-News.com, November 30, 2011 Judge Tentatively Tosses Lindsey Case, First Foreign Bribery Trial Conviction Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2011 Russia’s Shrinking [...]
Avoiding Tax: Havens Above
The Economist, October 7, 2011
Ghana: Time to Dismantle Tax Haven Secrecy Jurisdictions
AllAfrica.com, October 10, 2011
Advani says yatra will focus on black money, launches theme song
The Times of India, October 10, 2011
Nigeria won’t progress while corruption is ‘just the way it is’
The Gaurdian, October 10, 2011
Indian Americans to hold anti-corruption protest in New York on Oct 16
The Times of India, October 10, 2011
PARIS – Day 1 of the Task Force Conference is now behind us, and we’re about to begin our second day. While we get set to hear panels on Anti-Money Laundering, Trade Mispricing, Trafficking in Illicit Goods, Corrupt Dictators & the Arab Spring, IUU Fishing, and more today, check out a selection of photos from yesterday’s festivities in our Flickr slideshow below.
Also, remember that you can watch the conference live on our website in French (HERE) and English (HERE).
The live-stream is now working! You can watch the full #TFConf2011 now online in French and English at http://ow.ly/6PfUd
Problèmes techniques réglés! Vous pouvez maintenant suivre la conférence #TFConf2011FR en live, en français et anglais sur http://ow.ly/6PgqO
The 2011 annual Task Force conference is now underway in Paris, France. You can watch a live stream of the conference broadcast in both French (here) and English (here).
You can also participate with the conference on Twitter. We’re accepting questions for each panel via Twitter at #TFConf2011 (for English) and #TFConf2011fr (for French).
It pains me to report that The Economist published a shoddy piece of journalism today on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The article can be read in full here.
Heather Lowe, Legal Counsel and Director of Government Affairs at Global Financial Integrity, has responded to the article by publishing the following comment on The Economist’s website:
I am quite surprised by both the tenor and lack of critical analysis in this particular piece. It is important that Economist readers understand the following:
Profits elude bankers to the rich in booming India
Reuters, September 13, 2011
Credit Suisse ‘says provided customer data to US’
AFP, September 11, 2011
HM Revenue & Customs defends tax deal with Switzerland
The Guardian, September 12, 2011
U.K. Probe of HSBC Clients Said to Widen Over Swiss Tax Dodge
Bloomberg, September 13, 2011
Rich tax dodgers are paying back six times more than two years ago
The Telegraph, September 13, 2011
U.S. Senate Passes Patent Reform Bill Banning Tax Strategy Patents
Accounting Today, September 8, 2011
UK Government abandons tax treaty anti-avoidance measures
Tax Journal, September 9, 2011
Greece Names 6,000 Businesses For Tax Evasion
Dow Jones, September 9, 2011
Does a company’s responsibility to society start with paying its taxes?
The Guardian, September 9, 2011
Switzerland resists US tax data call
Reuters, September 7, 2011
HBR Case Study: Culture Clash in the Boardroom
Harvard Business Review, September 2011
Swiss agreement: the international ramifications
AccountancyAge, September 1, 2011
EU Criticizes Italy Budget Plan On Tax Evasion
Dow Jones, September 2, 2011
Restaurants in Greece refuse to pay VAT rise
Financial Times, September 1, 2011
Taxes: How To Turn In Your Neighbor to the IRS
Wall Street Journal, September 3, 2011
U.S. aims to track ‘untraceable’ prepaid cash cards
MSNBC, September 1, 2011
UK Announces First Bribery Act Charges
Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2011
UAE begins enforcing cash declaration law
Emirates 24/7, September 1, 2011
Transnational Organized Crime and Mass-Marketing Fraud: A Call for a Swift and Collaborated Response
Brookings Institution, August 31, 2011
PFI shareholders are using tax havens, MPs find
AccountancyAge, September 1, 2011
Some companies pay their CEOs more than Uncle Sam, study says
Washington Post, August 31, 2011
Uganda: URA Studying Transfer Pricing Regulations
AllAfrica.com, August 30, 2011
U.S. Probes Oracle Dealings
Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2011
Junkets ‘encourage money laundering’: Wiki cables
Macau Daily Times, August 30, 2011
World Bank Should Refocus Its Anti-Corruption Fight, Audit Says
Bloomberg, August 31, 2011
The yawning gap between the transparency rhetoric of companies and the reality of their actions ...
February 10, 2012
In his State of the Union address less than a month ago President Obama brought ...
February 10, 2012
When the G20 signed the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters in November ...
February 9, 2012
About three years ago, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) caught wind that Swiss bankers ...
February 8, 2012
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