Tag Archives | Secrecy jurisdictions

G20 Meets to Act on Corporate Taxes – But More Needed on Corruption

18 September 2014 in Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Asset recovery, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, G20, Impunity, People power, Politics and government, Private sector

The often highly complicated approaches used by giant corporations to lower their tax bills will be under attack at this weekend’s key meeting of finance ministers of the Group of 20 most powerful nations in Cairns, Australia. The G20 is expected to act to end systems where companies like Apple, Amazon, Starbucks and many others […]

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Public consultation in Jersey: chance to come clean

30 April 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government, Private sector

The use of shell companies to mask the true owners of assets is still on top of the political agenda and interest in the issue continues to grow. This week the UK government announced further details of its plan to implement a public registry of company ownership. This is important because shell companies can facilitate […]

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Anti-corruption: charting a path for the future

31 January 2014 in Aid, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Forestry, Human rights, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development

What does the future hold for the fight against corruption? Recently, three books have been written seeking to answer this question, helping to plot the course of the anti-corruption movement for the years to come. Laurence Cockcroft: Global Corruption: Money, Power, and Ethics in the Modern World One of the co-founders of Transparency International, Laurence […]

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Will Britain tackle tax evasion?

10 October 2012 in Accountability, Financial Markets, Private sector

317 Pressure on what are alternatively called ‘offshore havens’, ‘tax havens305’ or ‘secrecy jurisdictions’ is reaching an unprecedented level. There are more than fifty such havens world wide, and governments are finally coming around to the idea voiced by activists that tougher regulation is needed. The economic crisis has lent urgency to the cause. Britain’s […]

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