David Cameron under pressure to end tax haven secrecy
PM faces call to force British territories to adopt anti-corruption laws after Panama Papers scandalDavid Cameron is under intense pressure to invoke special powers that would force British tax havens...
View ArticleUN urges countries to stem tide of firms profit-shifting to tax havens
Unctad thinktank shows firms funnelled $221bn in 2015 through low-tax jurisdictions such as the Netherlands and tax havens in the CaribbeanThe UN has urged governments to stem the flow of funds to tax...
View ArticleOverseas territories resist calls for concessions to end tax secrecy
BVI and others say they will not sign up to public register to expose money launderers as Cameron prepares for key summitKey UK overseas territories led by the British Virgin Islands are still...
View ArticleCorruption can no longer be dismissed as a developing world problem | Aditya...
A London summit must recognise, as the Panama Papers show, that these crimes are facilitated by the westBy Thursday morning all the A-listers will have arrived. From Washington will fly in a succession...
View ArticleMalcolm Turnbull's role in offshore company revealed in Panama Papers
The Australian PM was director of a British Virgin Islands company that had dealings with Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca in the early 90s• Read the documents listing Malcolm Turnbull’s...
View ArticleMossack Fonseca still under investigation in British Virgin Islands
Regulator asks firm to appoint ‘qualified person’, and US and Jersey agents start winding up as Panama Papers fallout continuesMossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers...
View ArticleTreasury proposal may fine tax evaders up to 200% of amount owed
Tougher stance follows Theresa May’s leadership campaign promise to be more punitive of tax evasion and avoidanceThe Treasury is proposing new rules to punish offshore tax evaders who fail to come...
View ArticleOffshore secrets of Brexit backer Arron Banks revealed in Panama Papers
Financier who spent £7.5m funding Nigel Farage’s Leave.EU campaign linked to tax haven companies in British Virgin Islands and GibraltarThe network of offshore companies linked to the man who financed...
View ArticleMossack Fonseca fined $440,000 in British Virgin Islands
Regulator identifies eight breaches by law firm at centre of Panama Papers, but campaigners say it is ‘too little too late’The British Virgin Islands has fined the law firm at the centre of the Panama...
View ArticleBermuda is world's worst corporate tax haven, says Oxfam
Four UK territories in list ‘undermine Britain’s efforts to be responsible member of the international community’Bermuda is the world’s worst corporate tax haven, according to a list by Oxfam, which...
View ArticleJoyful Obama on post-presidency vacation: sun and kitesurfing
The former president tried out a fairly new sport which outfits a surfer on board with a handheld kite, while in the Virgin Islands over the weekendPresidents don’t get to have very much fun. Beyond...
View ArticleBarack Obama kitesurfing – in pictures
The former US president has tested his kitesurfing skills against Sir Richard Branson on a holiday in the British Virgin IslandsContinue reading...
View ArticleNetherlands and UK are biggest channels for corporate tax avoidance
The two countries are conduits for 37% of money heading to tax havens, most of which have strong links to Britain Almost 40% of corporate investments channelled away from authorities and into tax...
View ArticleThe Fibonacci sequence as a cure for insomnia | Brief letters
Tax havens | Justin Gatlin | James Morrison | Metric versus imperial | Ejaculation | Codeword cluesYour article “Netherlands and UK ‘top choices for tax havens’” (26 July) is misleading at best. If you...
View ArticleSouthern Gas Corridor is the missing piece of Azerbaijani Laundromat puzzle |...
The Azerbaijani regime wants to present a positive image in Europe because it needs support for its flagship project, write four campaigners. Plus Rebecca Gowland on British failure to crack down on...
View ArticleCaribbean islands suffer huge damage after Irma – as it happened
Most powerful hurricane ever recorded over Atlantic Ocean batters Barbuda, St Martin and Puerto Rico as it moves west with category 5 winds and rains This live blog has ended. Follow the latest...
View ArticleBefore and after Hurricane Irma: images of Caribbean destruction
Photos show impact of category 5 storm on Caribbean islands, including St Martin and British Virgin Islands The category 5 Hurricane Irma has ripped through the Caribbean, causing deaths, flash foods...
View ArticleOxford graduates’ calamitous CVs | Brief letters
Margaret Thatcher | George Osborne | British Virgin Islands | The Fife | Racing tips | Walter BeckerPerhaps there was no room for M Thatcher, MA Oxon (Letters, 7 September). She had at least half a...
View ArticleCaribbean islanders fear another battering after Irma wreaks havoc
At least 23 killed and 1.2 million affected as Hurricane Irma hurtles toward Florida, followed closely by another category 4 storm, Hurricane JoseHurricane Irma continued its remorseless and...
View ArticleCuba lashed by category five winds as storm heads to US – as it happened
This live blog is closed. Follow live updates here7.59am BSTThis live blog is closing. Follow the latest developments on our new live blog:Related: Hurricane Irma live updates: Florida evacuates...
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