Majestic mountains
17 majestic mountains that will have you packing your bags By Jessica Plautz From Mashable As the refrain goes, there are two types of people in the world: those who like mountains and those who prefer beaches. Beach people are…
The real threat to Britain’s borders is the flow of dirty money
By Roberto Saviano It’s probably remain’s least used argument, but isolated nations are unable to fight organised crime. Only real cooperation in Europe can have an impact If I were to ask which country was the most corrupt in the…
meeco and PV Energy to attend clean energy conference in Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean island state plans to expand its renewable energy strategy to comply with the COP21 Paris Climate Agreement by reducing its CO2 emissions The Caribbean island state Trinidad and Tobago pursues the domestic target of generating 10 per cent of…
Blatter, Valcke and Kattner awarded themselves £55m, say Fifa lawyers
By Luke Harding and agencies From The Guardian UK Lawyers retained by Fifa say contracted payments to the three former officials appear to break Swiss law The spectacular scale of greed at the top of Fifa was revealed on Friday…
Investments in Merrill Lynch: I-T tracks new offshore trail in Cayman Islands
From My Informs.Com The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), after meeting these individuals, has sent communications seeking account details to the banks concerned in Switzerland and… Details accessed by The Indian Express highlight an interesting pattern to all five…
Here’s a way to shut down Panama Papers-style tax havens — if we wanted to
By Jon Schwarz From The Intercept It would have been infuriating at any time of the year to learn about the massive tax evasion by the global 0.01 percent revealed by the Panama Papers leak. But it’s especially maddening for…
For leading tax haven lawyer, there’s nothing wrong with protecting assets offshore
By Peter Kuiten From Financial Post Andrew Rogerson runs Rogerson Law Group, which employs 10 lawyers and advertises that it establishes offshore trusts “in exotic locations from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland and beyond.” Peter J. Thompson/National PostAndrew Rogerson runs…
Progress made to rein in shell corporations, but more action needed
By John Ydstie FromWBFO 88.7 Buffalo The revelations in the Panama Papers have generated anger and disgust. Politicians and leaders in countries from Russia to Iceland to the oil-rich Gulf States are implicated. The irony is that while the shady…
Cayman Islands Bank fined and forfeit’s millions over helping US tax cheats
By Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos From Bloomberg Cayman National Units Admit Helping U.S. Citizens Avoid Taxes March 9, 2016 — 2:52 PM COT Updated on March 9, 2016 — 3:14 PM COT Two units of Cayman National Corp. pleaded…
IRS/DOJ Summons seeks to break Singapore Bank Secrecy on Non-Resident’s Account
By Scott D. Michel & Mark E. Matthews From Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered In late February 2016, the Justice Department filed an action in federal court to compel UBS’s branch in Miami to produce bank records of a Singapore account…
