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6th July 2016

Crackdown on tax loopholes announced by European commission

Measures to identify real ownership of companies and a law clamping down on offshore avoidance in the pipeline Read More

6th July 2016

EU clamps down on terrorism financing

The European Commission proposed Tuesday to strengthen EU rules on anti-money laundering in a bid to counter terrorist financing and increase transparency about who really owns companies and trusts. The proposal forms part of an Action Plan to strengthen the fight against terrorist financing and is also part of a… Read More

28th June 2016

New Zealand: PM rejects tax expert’s advice to speed up anti-money laundering laws

The Government won't speed up anti-money laundering laws – because of the cost to lawyers and real estate agents. Read More

15th June 2016

Switzerland: IT worker at Panama Papers firm arrested in Geneva

An information technology worker at the Geneva office of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, has been arrested, Switzerland’s Le Tempsnewspaper reported Wednesday. The paper, citing a source close to the case, said the IT employee had been placed in provisional detention on… Read More

9th June 2016

EU launches official one-year inquiry into Panama Papers scandal

An official European probe has been launched into the scandal over the so-called Panama Papers. Read More

“Go Forth and Sin No More” – Opportunities for Amnesty in the United States

Adam S. Kaufmann and A. Katherine Toomey of Lewis Baach pllc discuss the advantages of self-reporting for those U.S. businesses who may fear that an upcoming disclosure, whether as a result of the Panama Papers scandal or elsewhere, may lead to a criminal or serious regulatory investigation in the U.S. Read More

2nd June 2016

Panama Papers: UK Chancellor Osborne to testify at Europe-wide tax evasion inquiry

Chancellor George Osborne and other ministers clued up on Britain’s extensive network of tax havens will be asked to give evidence at a Europe-wide Panama Papers inquiry, according to draft documents. The European Parliament in Brussels is poised to approve the creation of a 65-member “inquiry committee” on Thursday to… Read More

31st May 2016

Panama Papers fallout speeds up NZ’s anti-money laundering legislation

Justice Minister Amy Adams says it takes longer than "five minutes'' to develop anti-money laundering legislation. Read More

25th May 2016

Panama Papers confirm Canadian billionaire and university benefactor as mystery man in global bribery case

A joint CBC/Toronto Star investigation based on the Panama Papers provides the closing chapter in a years-long saga involving Canadian tycoon Victor Dahdaleh, which saw him battle criminal charges and a billion-dollar lawsuit on two continents over an international bribery scandal — all the while forging close ties with a trio of Canadian universities. Read More

25th May 2016

Panama Papers: British-Canadian billionaire mysterious middleman in ‘corruption scheme’

U.S. officials say he “enriched himself” with $400 million (U.S.) in mark-ups and paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes to Bahraini officials, a Toronto Star/CBC investigation has found. Read More

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UK imposes sanctions against human rights abusers

Wirecard was focus of ‘laundering’ warning to Mastercard executives

U.S. charges ex-Panama president’s sons with bribery, money laundering

UK Export Finance ‘took year to flag corruption’ at Airbus

India to register another money-laundering case against Sanjay Bhandari