Treasury to crack down on UK’s offshore tax havens
Radical plans to force the UK’s tax havens to reveal the names behind hidden companies, account holders and trusts have been drawn up by the Treasury. The news has delighted tax justice campaigners, who predict that the move, which is…
Cayman Islands profile: A chronology of key events:
1503 – Navigator Christopher Columbus sights the islands. 1670 – Spain cedes the islands, along with Jamaica, to the English under the terms of the Treaty of Madrid. Early 1700s – First permanent settlers arrive. 1794 – Legendary “Wreck of…
