Topic: Tax haven

Former NGO heads plead guilty to Marshall Islands bribery scheme

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The former heads of a New York-based NGO allegedly bribed officials in the Marshall Islands in an attempt to create a semi-autonomous region with lower tax rates.

01 December 2022

CPS charges Bernie Ecclestone with fraud over undeclared overseas assets

11 July 2022

Son of Panama Papers “posterchild” gets early release from probation

18 May 2022

Credit Suisse’s compliance with US tax evasion plea deal under scrutiny

The US Justice Department has said it is conducting “ongoing law enforcement activities” into Credit Suisse’s compliance with a $2.6 billion foreign tax evasion settlement from 2014.

08 November 2021

EU to consider broadening EPPO enforcement scope

25 October 2021

Bermuda bank reaches $5.6 million US settlement for aiding tax evasion

Manhattan federal prosecutors have decided not to prosecute Bermuda-based lender NT Butterfield & Son for participating in a conspiracy to evade US taxes following the bank’s “extraordinary cooperation” with its investigation.

04 August 2021

DOJ eyes new partners in fight against global corruption

As anti-corruption enforcement evolves, more foreign agencies are teaming up with US authorities. “South Africa is, really, the new Brazil,” said one leading corporate defence lawyer about the African country's anti-bribery efforts.

19 July 2021

UBS reportedly reaches €50 million tax evasion settlement in Belgium

01 July 2021

Deterring corruption through disclosure

Lincoln Caylor and Shaan Tolani, litigators at Bennet Jones in Canada, consider Canada’s proposed beneficial ownership registry and argue that while there will be significant issues to address, a registry with kinks to address is much better than no registry at all.

01 June 2021

Switzerland’s largest insurance company signs $77 million tax evasion DPA

14 May 2021

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