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Corruption, Money Laundering, and Tax Havens - Nations and States - Global Policy Forum Corruption, Money Laundering, and Tax Havens
Offshore banking, secret financial havens, money laundering and corruption steadily corrode the foundations of the nation-state. Offshore tax havens, spread by new computing and telecommunications, provide an unprecedented tax shelter, enabling rich citizens and corporations to escape the national tax system - eroding the tax base, weakening state finance and undermining the legitimacy of the tax system in the eyes of ordinary citizens. Offshore havens also promote money laundering, aiding criminal anti-social activities of all kinds, beyond the detection of national authorities. Corruption of public officials flourishes under such conditions, in the North as in the South, further eroding the capacity of the state to operate "legally" and to command the loyalty of its ordinary citizens.
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Introduction
Money Laundering (May/June 2001)
Nigel Morris-Cotterill questions common myths about money laundering and concludes that only a global set of rules on international financial flows can prevent it. (Foreign Policy)Slow Progress in War on Corruption (October 15, 2001)
The Global Corruption Report 2001 depicts an alarming situation. Public outrage has pressured governments to bring corrupt leaders to account and forced them out of office, but more needs to be done. (BBC)
Transparency International, an NGO based in Germany, which also publishes the annual Corruption Perception Index.
Links UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
This UN site contains articles, publications, analysis, statistics, treaties and legal instruments on money laundering and corruption.The International Anti-Corruption Conference Series (IACC)
IACC Council, and its Secretariat,
Since 1983, the biennial International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) has brought together politicians, business representatives, members of the judiciary, researchers, the media, academics, and non-governmental organization to exchange information on how to combat corruption. The IACC Conference series is overseen by theAnti-taxes.com
Want to get yourself a bank for US$25,000 in Nauru? Click here to obtain the information. The anti-taxes.com web site explains, “tax evasion is perfectly legal” but “offshore opportunities won’t last always”…Finor Associates
Want the skinny on financial planning, tax evasion, and offshore bank accounts? Visit Finor Associates for all kinds of practical yet deviant financial services.Germany’s Corruption Scandal
See this special report by the Guardian on Helmut Kohl’s slush funds and the scandal that ensued. It contains a collection of articles, links and biographies.Tax Havens of the World Index
This is a database of all the tax havens in the world, with relevant legal and logistical information for those interested in moving their funds off shore.Transnationale
Activist and Research Organization which collects and freely distributes detailed commercial, financial, social and ecological information on over 3000 transnational corporations, off shore money havens through their Site, information available in French, English and Spanish.International Money Laundering Information Network
This site offers a comprehensive reference section including information about national legislation in countries across the world, and details of legal instruments established in the fight against money laundering.Financial Scandals
BCCI, Barings, Nick Leeson, Alberto Fujimori -- classic financial scandals such as these, along with information on political corruption, money laundering and organized crime are all issues covered by this website.
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