Issues Regarding the Task Force

Special Report: Nevada’s Big Bet on Secrecy

September 26, 2011

Consultants—including some with criminal pasts—are selling the gambling center as a haven from taxes and legal liability.

Special Report: China’s Shortcut to Wall Street

August 1, 2011

NEW YORK – A spate of spectacular collapses of Chinese stocks listed on American exchanges has cost U.S. investors billions of dollars. The fiasco has sparked multiple investigations. Accusations are swirling in Washington and Beijing.

More Asset Searches Lead to ‘Front Men’

June 8, 2011

WASHINGTON – A recent spate of legal cases offers a preview of how anticorruption officials could pursue ill-gotten assets of toppled leaders in places like Egypt and Tunisia: Increasingly, prosecutors are going after not only corrupt politicians, but the lawyers and other professionals who may have helped them move cash.

US Sanctions Uncover Billions of Dollars

March 7, 2011

WASHINGTON – US banks uncovered billions of dollars that they were indirectly holding for Libya when Washington decided to freeze assets linked to the regime, according to US officials.

Feature: Teodorin’s World

February 22, 2011

Playboy bunnies. $2 million Bugattis. Bags full of cash. Meet the world’s richest minister of agriculture and forestry.

Pentagon awards jet fuel contract to secretive company

November 4, 2010

WASHINGTON—In a move that could anger a vital ally in the war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon on Wednesday awarded a major jet fuel contract to Mina Corp., a secretive company that has declined to reveal its ownership but has nonetheless become a trusted partner with the U.S. military.

New Federal Rule Allows NOAA to Deny Port Entry to Illegal Fishing Vessels

October 13, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC — A new federal rule will allow NOAA’s assistant administrator for fisheries to deny a vessel entry into a U.S. port or access to port services if that vessel has been listed for engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by one of the world’s international fishery management organizations. The rule takes effect on Oct. 27, 2010.

German Tax Evasion Resurfaces With Report of Liechtenstein Bank-Disk Offer

July 22, 2010

Bloomberg–The German government may be about to step up its pursuit of tax evaders amid reports that a new CD containing stolen bank data has been offered for sale to state authorities.

US indicts lawyer they say aided HSBC-linked client

July 16, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. grand jury indicted on Thursday a Swiss lawyer accused of aiding a man identified as having an account at London-based HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) evade taxes, the latest in a widening probe into foreign banks that might have helped U.S. clients avoid paying tax.

Special Report: How the U.S. cracked open secret vaults at UBS

April 9, 2010

ZURICH (Reuters)- After the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, Switzerland’s largest bank was teetering. UBS, which was more than three times bigger than Lehman in terms of assets, had to write down some $50 billion during that tumultuous period.

Tax bill boosts reporting by banks, rich

October 27, 2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A proposal to stop rich Americans from stashing assets offshore to evade taxes, by slapping penalties on individuals and foreign financial institutions, was introduced on Tuesday in the U.S. Congress.

France asks banks for more foreign transfer details

September 8, 2009

PARIS (Reuters) – France wants its banks to provide more details on the identity of people transferring money to tax havens and wants a new legal framework to be finalised by the end of September, the budget ministry said on Tuesday.

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