Jun 21, 2021
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Jun 21, 2021
Facing global pressure, UAE to begin fining violators of new corporate transparency rules
Advocates question whether the country’s new rules for reporting companies’ beneficial ownership are enough to crack down on money laundering.
Jun 07, 2021
G7 finance ministers agree on 15% minimum tax to crack down on corporate tax dodging
The deal has been praised as a historic step in ending the ‘race-to-the-bottom’ between tax havens, but will need international backing to move forward.
Jun 04, 2021
UN aims to build global political will to combat corruption in special session
In a first-of-its-kind General Assembly meeting, world leadership and stakeholders shared different ideas for anti-corruption measures critical to post-pandemic economic recovery.
Jun 02, 2021
EU tax transparency rules leave tax justice advocates craving more ambitious reforms
The new rules will force multinational companies to report tax information for each EU country where they operate, but leave out most of their operations in the rest of the world.
Jun 01, 2021
How the world’s richest defend their wealth, with help from a dedicated industry
Author and scholar Chuck Collins offers an insider's account of the ‘wealth defense industry’ and the inequality it perpetuates in his new book, “The Wealth Hoarders.”
May 21, 2021
European plan to unify corporate tax rules and recoup billions faces steep hurdles ahead
The European Commission’s latest attempt to tackle corporate tax dodging and profit shifting would require unanimous approval by EU member states, some of which serve as tax havens.
Apr 13, 2021
Cyprus, Ghana and Kenya join growing list of countries to create beneficial ownership registries
The Panama Papers scandal helped create a “snowball effect” of international awareness on how anonymous corporate vehicles can enable tax evasion, corruption, and crime, advocates say.
Apr 06, 2021
Panama Papers revenue recovery reaches $1.36 billion as investigations continue
Five years after the Panama Papers were first published, authorities are still clawing back lost tax dollars and prosecuting wrongdoers exposed by the global investigation.
Apr 01, 2021
Multinationals shifted $1 trillion offshore, stripping countries of billions in tax revenues, study says
The new analysis is based on corporation data first released in 2020 as part of an OECD-coordinated effort to tackle tax avoidance worldwide.
Apr 01, 2021
Five ways Biden could crack down on dirty money and financial secrecy
Riding a wave of anti-money laundering momentum, will the U.S. president from Delaware deliver on his pledges to tackle tax havens and make the wealthy pay more?
Mar 10, 2021
Wealthy countries that set global tax rules are biggest enablers of corporate tax abuse, report finds
Tax Justice Network ranks OECD members and British overseas territories highest in its 2021 corporate tax haven index, advocating for the UN to set standards instead.
Mar 05, 2021
Secret guilty plea revealed in US Panama Papers criminal probe
Joachim Alexander von der Goltz repaid the U.S. government more than $230,000 after admitting to financial crimes revealed by the ICIJ investigation.
Mar 04, 2021
Trust company fined $835,000 for opening ‘gateway to possible money laundering’ in Angola
An investment scheme involving tycoon Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais exposed in ICIJ’s Paradise Papers investigation bore “obvious” risks of possible corruption, a Jersey court finds.
Feb 26, 2021
Global response needed to stop rampant tax abuse costing governments trillions, UN panel says
World leaders voiced support for the FACTI panel’s ambitious plan, while others raised concerns about implementing regulations around lawyers and ownership data.
Feb 25, 2021
Lawyers, accountants and other professionals play key role in cross-border financial crime, OECD warns in new report
The forum of wealthy nations urges countries to target and disrupt ‘enablers’ of tax evasion, money laundering and other illicit finance.
Feb 01, 2021
Australian officials seek AU$32 million from couple flagged by Panama Papers
The Australian Tax Office obtained an order freezing 11 bank accounts and preventing the sale of three Sydney homes to stop the pair from scattering their wealth beyond authorities’ reach.
Jan 26, 2021
British Virgin Islands corruption scandal threatens its dependable tax haven reputation
The territory, whose shell companies have repeatedly played a role in notorious global crime schemes, also may be blacklisted by the EU after the Brexit deal.
Jan 19, 2021
2021 may see tax reforms to address COVID-19, environmental challenges, and more
Governments and international bodies seek to fill massive deficits as billionaires and multinational corporations have seen their wealth grow during the ongoing pandemic.
Dec 08, 2020
Muslim Brotherhood suspect and Saudi billionaire linked to same offshore companies, Austrian report says
Paradise Papers revealed the suspected radical, a Viennese entrepreneur, was listed as the director of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands, Malta, and the Bahamas.
Nov 25, 2020
US lawmakers move to end anonymous shell companies in national defense spending bill
A major anti-money laundering reform is expected to arrive in annual omnibus legislation with bipartisan support.
Nov 20, 2020
Global tax system ‘programmed to fail,’ says new report on revenue losses
The Tax Justice Network provides country-by-country estimates of losses due to tax abuse and tax evasion by wealthy corporations and individuals.
Nov 05, 2020
Paradise Papers pulp giant faces profit-shifting accusations
APRIL may have misclassified exports to reduce its tax bill in Indonesia, a new report by the Tax Justice Forum says.
Oct 12, 2020
Notorious tax haven British Virgin Islands to introduce public register of company owners
The territory’s secrecy rules have long attracted criminals and secretive companies created there have featured in several ICIJ investigations on offshore finance.
Sep 25, 2020
US accountant, guilty in Panama Papers case, sentenced to more than 3 years
Richard Gaffey forged documents to help American clients evade taxes and worked with lawyers at the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, prosecutors said.
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