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Tax Havens AlterLinks Topic Index Beyond Panama: Unlocking the world's secrecy jurisdictions Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 The 21 jurisdictions covered by the Panama Papers data vary from the rolling hills of Wyoming to tropical getaways like the British Virgin Islands. But all have at least one thing in common - secrecy is the rule. Connexions Digest Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1989 The extraordinary range of people using offshore hideaways Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 Secret records obtained by ICIJ represent the biggest stockpile of inside information about the offshore system ever obtained by a media organisation, and lay bare an extraordinary range of people using offshore hideaways. The leaks illustrate how offshore financial secrecy has aggressively spread around the globe. Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption Millions of documents show heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 A massive leak of documents exposes the offshore holdings of current and former world leaders, politicians , public officials, and wealthy individuals around the world. The Great Canadian Tax Dodge Resource Type: Film/Video Published: 2015 It is estimated that between 100 and 170 billion dollars leaves Canada every year, untaxed. Much of it is siphoned off to Canadian-made offshore tax havens. "The Great Canadian Tax Dodge" documents the birth of the Canadian Tax Fairness movement and examines the issue of tax avoidance, exposing the sophisticated corporate strategies and tax loopholes commonly used to legally avoid tax. How the One Percenters Divorce: Offshore Intrigue Plays Hide and Seek with Millions Firm that practices no matrimonial law nonetheless plays big role when the superrich around the globe decide to split Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 Offshore companies used 'in a game of hide and concealment' after marriages break down Documents list luxury cars and yachts, lavish homes, and art collections. Spouses face a costly battle to prove ownership of offshore assets in protracted divorce proceedings. How we did Offshore Leaks China Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 A multinational team of journalists spent months combing through secret tax haven records revealing offshore holdings of China’s rich and powerful. Journalist arrested, authorities urged to respect his rights Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 Kostas Vaxevanis, the editor of the Greek weekly Hot Doc and producer of the national TV programme Koutis Tis Pandoras (Pandora’s Box), after he published a list of around 2,000 suspected tax evaders. Key findings: The Panama Papers by the numbers Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 The largest cross-border journalism collaboration ever has uncovered a giant leak of documents from Mossack Fonseca, a global law firm based in Panama. Latest Corbyn Hit-Piece: He earns MP's Salary Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 If I hadn’t seen for myself that this article "exposing" Jeremy Corbyn was published on the Daily Telegraph’s website, I would have assumed it was a spoof from The Onion – an even more preposterous one than normal. Leak Ties Ethics Guru to Three Men Charged in FIFA Scandal Secret documents show how deeply the world of soccer has become enmeshed in the world of offshore havens Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 Four of the 16 FIFA officials indicted in the United States used offshore companies created by Mossack Fonseca. Files show offshore companies used by some soccer players to hold money from image rights deals. Offshore revelations extend beyond soccer to other sports including hockey and golf. Lobbyists for the havens: ICIJ's guide to the offshore system's defenders Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 Across the world, tax havens are under attack. Leading global organizations like the G20 and OECD have put cracking down on offshore tax avoidance at the top of their agendas. Ambitious plans for automatic sharing of tax data between countries are in the works. New Bank Leak Shows How Rich Exploit Tax Haven Loopholes Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 The identities of thousands of wealthy offshore clients of a major Jersey, Channel Isles private bank have been leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The data leaks reveal how the very richest families dip in and out of British jurisdiction as it suits them, exploiting what academic experts call Jersey's 'fictitious space.' Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 8, 2015 Elections Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2015 Elections are the topic of the week, with items related to the October 19 Canadian federal election, and also to broader issues of parliamentary democracy, voting and whether voting can bring about change, and the neo-liberal attack on democracy. Articles look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, the financial takeovers of Ukraine and Greece, and debt bondage. Also: a discussion of James Hansen's fossil fuel exit strategy, and a critique of Alinsky-style organizing. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 7, 2016 Tax Evasion Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2016 Employing a network of accountants, tax lawyers, corporate shells, tax havens, secret bank accounts, and other methods, the 1% have become extremely adept at evading even the low rates of taxation they are subjected to. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 22, 2017 Secrecy and Power Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2017 Secrecy is a weapon the powerful use against their enemies: us. This issue of Other Voices explores the relationship of secrecy and power. Panama Papers: The Power Players Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 This interactive presentation produced by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) explores the stories behind the use of offshore companies of politicians and their relatives and associates -- more than 100 in all. Among them are 12 current or former country leaders and 33 other politicians and public officials with direct connections to structures in tax havens. Their names appeared inside a cache of 11.5 million leaked files from Panama's Mossack Fonseca, one of the biggest offshore service providers. Panamanian Law Firm Is Gatekeeper To Vast Flow of Murky Offshore Secrets Files show client roster that includes drug dealers, Mafia members, corrupt politicians and tax evaders - and wrongdoing galore Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 Founding partners of Mossack Fonseca had international pedigrees and backgrounds in the worlds of money, power and secrets. The law firm helps clients respond swiftly to changes in laws, shifting business from one secrecy jurisdiction to another. Among additional services offered are yacht and plane registrations, and, for some clients, handling of finances. Mossack Fonseca kept a low profile -- until recent scandals brought international attention. Preservation or plunder? The battle over the British Museum's Indigenous Australian show Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 Indigenous Australians are calling for the objects on show at the British Museum's new exhibition to be returned. The Price We Pay Resource Type: Film/Video Published: 2014 This documentary, inspired by Brigitte Alepin's book La Crise fiscale qui vient, shines a light on the dark history and dire present-day reality of big-business tax avoidance, which has seen multinationals depriving governments of trillions of dollars in tax revenues by harbouring profits in offshore havens. Secrecy for Sale: Inside the Global Offshore Money Maze Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 Big players are taking unprecedented steps to stop offshore abuses, but financial crime fighters worry reforms don’t go far enough. Sources HotLink - June 30, 2016 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2016 Articles about the FBI and the information it gathers, Donald Trump and the media, and the role of pharmaceutical companies in suppressing information. Stairway to Tax Heaven Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 A news role-play game featuring three fictitious characters: Juan Penalti (Soccer Player), Polly Tissien (Politician) and Edmund von Kronen (Business Executive). Welcome to the secret world of offshore. Your goal is to navigate this parallel universe and hide your cash away. Don’t worry! Lawyers, wealth managers and bankers are there to help you. Pick a character and don't get caught. Sun and Shadows How an Island Paradise Became a Haven for Dirty Money Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 Seychelles, a thousand miles from anywhere, is an offshore magnet for money launderers and tax dodgers. A look at this corruption-haunted archipelago shows how the offshore secrecy system has grown — and where it's going. Swiss Leaks: Murky Cash Sheltered by Bank Secrecy Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) offered services to clients who had been unfavourably named by the United Nations, in court documents and in the media as connected to arms trafficking, blood diamonds and bribery. HSBC served those close to discredited regimes such as that of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, former Tunisian president Ben Ali and current Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad. The bank repeatedly reassured clients that it would not disclose details of accounts to national authorities, even if evidence suggested that the accounts were undeclared to tax authorities in the client’s home country. Tax Evasion Introduction to the May 21, 2016 issue of Other Voices Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 The essence of the capitalist economic system is the drive to accumulate as much as possible, by any means possible. It is almost inevitable, therefore, that those – individuals or corporations – whose existence revolves around accumulating capital will seek to avoid paying taxes. Tracking down tax havens (book review) Resource Type: Article Published: 1996 The Trouble With Billionaires Resource Type: Book Published: 2010 The glittering lives of billionaires may seem to be a harmless source of entertainment, but authors Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks argue that such financial power not only threatends everyone's economic and social well-being but also upsets the very functioning of democracy. Our society tends to regard great wealth as evidence of exceptional talent or accomplishment. Yet spectacular fortunes are often attributable to luck, ruthlessness, cheating, or advantageous positioning that allow some to build on the work and insights of others who have paved the way. UK urged to prevent vulture funds preying on world's poorest countries Campaigners demand Jersey legal loophole be closed as financiers seek $100m from the DRC Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Britain is being urged to help close down a legal loophole that lets financiers known as "vulture funds" use courts in Jersey to claim hundreds of millions of pounds from the world's poorest countries. The War on Savings: the Panama Papers, Bail-Ins, and the Push to Go Cashless Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 The bombshell publication of the "Panama Papers," leaked from a Panama law firm specializing in shell companies, has triggered both outrage and skepticism. In an April 3, 2016 article titled "Corporate Media Gatekeepers Protect Western 1% From Panama Leak," UK blogger Craig Murray writes that the whistleblower no doubt had good intentions; but he made the mistake of leaking his 11.5 million documents to the corporate-controlled Western media, which released only those few documents incriminating opponents of Western financial interests.

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