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7 Jan 2022 3 minute read

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What if…there was a world tax organization?

Alex Cobham envisions a global body to clamp down on tax dodging.

A person sits on top of a pile of coins and reads a book

8 Aug 2022 1 minute read

Crooked crook ltd – the scandalous growth of shell companies in the UK

Naomi Fowler of Taxcast investigates the lax standards of the company registration process in the UK, and...

18 May 2022 1 minute read

Which countries are aiding financial secrecy?

This episode of the Taxcast explores the results of the Tax Justice Network’s Financial Secrecy Index 2022.

Offshore secrecy is a long-established phenomenon; bankers in Geneva and Zurich were catering to wealthy French and German elites long before the creation of the Swiss federal state in 1848. Delaware started to function as a tax haven in the late 19th century.

19 Apr 2020 7 minute read

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Who’s the thief?

Tax havens in the Global North enable the systematic looting of the Global South. John Christensen explains...

Exclusive: Ecuador to hold historic referendum on tax havens

16 Feb 2017 3 minute read

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Exclusive: Ecuador to hold historic referendum on tax havens

Will Ecuadoreans deliver an anti-corruption ultimatum to their politicians and civil servants this Sunday? The country's...

16 Feb 2017 3 minute read

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'On the other side': Ecuador's foreign minister blasts Britain on tax justice

The country often blocks tax havens and other predatory fiscal policies, argues Ecuador's Foreign Minister Guillaume...

27 Dec 2016 4 minute read

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The dictionary of deceit

New Internationalist dissects the language of high finance with low motives.

1 Dec 2016 4 minute read

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The dissimulation game

Tax avoidance is a worldwide system involving many destinations and layers of financial manipulation. We chart a few of the...

1 Dec 2016 5 minute read

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Fox in charge of the hen house

Alain Deneault explains how states legalize tax fraud.

30 Mar 2016 1 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Are US politicians serious about tackling corruption?

In this month’s podcast, our friends at the Tax Justice Network ask ‘is the US president really serious about...

20 Jul 2015 1 minute read

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Greece and European unity

This month the Tax Justice Network looks at how Greece ended up with more austerity despite a popular 'No'...

4 Jun 2015 1 minute read

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Politicians – serving us or themselves?

In the latest podcast from Tax Justice Network: why we should learn from Pakistan and make our MPs’ tax returns public.

24 Feb 2015 1 minute read

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What does a bank have to do to lose its licence?

February’s taxcast looks at the fall-out from the HSBC leaks scandal.

27 Jan 2015 3 minute read

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Rein in the tax dodgers!

Christine Allen explains the thinking behind a new NGO-led initiative launched 100 days before the UK general...

1 Aug 2014 4 minute read

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From Toy Story to Tony Benn: the world of Chris Coltrane

What makes the comedian and activist laugh, cry and despair? Jo Lateu finds out.

29 Oct 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Victory for education in the Caribbean

Campaigners are celebrating a tax justice win in the Dominican Republic, says Sophie Richmond.

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