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Transparency International and over 100 other organizations released an open letter calling on governments to open up company and beneficial ownership registers as a matter of urgency, to assist in the implementation of sanctions against Russian oligarchs.… Continue Reading
Leaks of offshore corporate records have gained enormous popularity and continue to grow in scope and scale. The Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Bahamas Leaks, and Panama Papers have triggered investigations into kleptocrats, oligarchs, and public officials who failed to disclose their assets.… Continue Reading
The recent news that U.S. FinCEN records have been leaked to journalists from the ICIJ, BBC, and BuzzFeed News surprised me much more than their predecessor revelations, the Panama and Paradise Papers.… Continue Reading
In 2013, National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked a large volume of highly classified information to investigative journalists, inspiring a new generation of whistleblowers. Since then, we’ve all been given access to the Panama and Paradise Papers.… Continue Reading
Performing due diligence on third parties can be hard. When you discover that your third party is still in diapers, however — that’s pretty much a surefire sign something is amiss.… Continue Reading
I have decided to don my tin hat and stick my head above the parapets again. Why? Because for once common sense has prevailed and the anti-1% brigade have lost their argument for an open Public Register of Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and her sister islands in the Caribbean.… Continue Reading
When 2017 began, I did not envisage how my life would change. I live and work in the British Virgin islands (BVI), a location rapidly becoming famous due to the publication of the Panama Papers and more latterly the Paradise Papers.… Continue Reading
Hard on the heels of the publication of the Paradise Papers and its predecessor the Panama Papers, comes the European Union’s unveiling of its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. The member states have joined forces to compile a list of states that they consider to be “rogue” when it comes to the issue of taxation.… Continue Reading
The opposite of agreement isn’t disagreement, it’s confusion. Until we fully understand what the other person is talking about, we can’t join them in a discussion about it. Without a discussion, we can’t really know if we agree or disagree.… Continue Reading
In December 2015, I wrote about spending two Thanksgivings in federal prison. Even now, after being out of prison for twice the time I spent there, I know I’ll never forget the separation from friends and loved ones. … Continue Reading
Debate is good. Balanced arguments are woven into the foundation of democracy. They enable those with conflicting perspectives to argue rationally. So I was delighted when Alison Taylor described my post as being provocative before taking me to task on a number of the issues I raised.… Continue Reading
Since my initial post for the FCPA Blog on the Paradise Papers, I have read a lot of arguments against requiring increased transparency of anonymous companies, including a recent post on this blog, so I thought it would be useful to address some of these arguments and present another perspective.… Continue Reading