Richard L. Cassin Publisher and Editor
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Nick Henderson | Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 7:18AM 
Ever since the Panama Papers exposed the underground nexus of global tax evasion, regulators have been trying to figure out how to get ahead of it. In the UK, the Criminal Finances Act was passed in late April 2017.
Jermyn Brooks | Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 7:28AM 
When corporations try to pay the least amount of tax possible, their defense is usually based on delivering shareholder value. What company shouldn’t seek the lowest tax bill possible? But the line between tax avoidance -- using legal means to lower tax bills -- and criminal tax evasion is blurry.
Martin Kenney | Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 7:28AM 
The United States champions itself as a nation policing the rest of the world, preventing money laundering, tax evasion and foreign corrupt practices. Yet there is hypocrisy afoot.
BVI, Panama, Tax Evasion, beneficial owners, tax havens |
Richard L. Cassin | Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 10:18AM 
Singapore will start automatically sharing information with foreign tax authorities from 2018 to comply with a 51-country agreement to fight tax evasion.
Indonesia, Singapore, Tax Evasion |
Richard L. Cassin | Friday, June 12, 2015 at 10:15AM 
The DOJ said this week that Société Générale Private Banking Suisse and another bank, Berner Kantonalbank AG, reached resolutions under the DOJ's Swiss Bank Program.
Jessica Tillipman and Vanessa Ognuti | Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 9:22AM 
Admittedly, we're surprised to write that headline several weeks after “tax day” in the United States. However, a common theme emerged during a recent World Bank Group program on tax evasion: there's currently an unprecedented level of enthusiasm, political will and momentum in support of combating global tax evasion and avoidance.
Denmark, Global Financial Integrity, Norway, Peru, Tax Evasion, World Bank |
Richard L. Cassin | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:18AM 
The Federal Reserve Board said Monday it barred five former private bankers and senior managers of Credit Suisse AG from working in the banking industry.
Richard L. Cassin | Friday, April 10, 2015 at 9:28AM 
HSBC said in a statement Thursday that French magistrates ordered a formal criminal investigation ("mise en examen") into HSBC’s Swiss Private Bank for alleged tax-related offenses.
Jessica Tillipman | Friday, April 10, 2015 at 7:28AM 
Image courtesy of the World Bank GroupOn Friday April 17, the World Bank Group will host a program that discusses the importance of strengthening global action to reduce and deter tax evasion. You can attend the program in person by registering here, or stream the event online here.
Tax Evasion, Taxes, World Bank, tax fraud |
Richard L. Cassin | Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 8:22AM 
Lugano-based BSI SA on Monday became the first bank to use a DOJ amnesty program to resolve potential criminal offenses for helping U.S. taxpayers use secret accounts and offshore shell companies to evade taxes.
Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 9:28AM 
Prosecutors in Switzerland searched the offices of HSBC's private bank in Geneva Wednesday as part of an investigation into money laundering.
Julie DiMauro | Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 8:28AM 
More than 77,000 foreign banks and other financial institutions agreed to share information about U.S. account holders with the Internal Revenue Service as part of a crackdown on offshore tax evasion, the Treasury Department said Monday.