May 19th, 2011
If I told you that while the United States is engaged in a costly war against illegal drugs and the vicious cartels that traffic them, U.S. banks are willfully flouting U.S. and Mexican laws and
helping these cartels
launder their money, would you believe me?
For decades the U.S. has served as a safe haven for the ill-gotten finances of corrupt foreign leaders and their ilk. Former foreign government ministers, military leaders, and corrupt heads of state have mansions, businesses, and bank accounts here. The banks who facilitate much of these activities are required by law to conduct...
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May 19th, 2011
ISTANBUL – State Secretary Ingrid Fiskaa spoke at the Fourth UN Conference on the LDCs, identifying illicit financial flows due to trade mispricing, tax evasion, trafficking, the drugs and arms trade, and corruption as one of the structural causes of poverty as well as one of the major threats facing sustainable development, along with climate change, armed conflicts, and a lack of political and economic empowerment for women and girls.
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May 13th, 2011
UN report calls for more tax information exchange
Cayman News Service, May 13, 2011
Deal stopped probes on global corruption
The Australian, May 13, 2011
Nigeria: PIB - Senate Denies N2.5 Billion Bribery Allegation
allAfrica.com, May 12, 2011
Norway probing Yara for ‘paying’ bribe in India
Daily News & Analysis, May 13, 2011
U.S. Tax Laws Change The Rules Of The Game
Forbes, May 13, 2011
Dealpolitik: Microsoft’s Brilliant, Legal Tax Dodge
The Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2011
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May 12th, 2011
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
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