The new tax laws planned in wake of Panama Papers – and the crucial role of public opinion
Apr 14, 2016 07:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The fallout from the Panama Papers data leak has been manifold. Amid the furore over his financial dealings, the British prime minister, David Cameron, has announced fresh proposals to counter tax avoidance and evasion....
Panama Papers force tax authorities to act: but what took so long?
Apr 14, 2016 07:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Australian Taxation Office is reported to be playing a lead role in sharing intelligence between tax officials from OECD countries, as part of the continuing fallout from the revelations of the Panama Papers. The Joint...
Was Scotland's Darien disaster the first great Panama financial scandal?
Apr 12, 2016 13:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The leak of the Panama Papers has brought to light elite tax avoidance and evasion on an unprecedented scale and has had important political ramifications. But this is not the first time that Panama has been at the heart...
Panama Papers: media attacks on Cameron may have more to do with Brexit than banking
Apr 12, 2016 12:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In an era in which public trust of traditional media is slowly rising from the low point of the phone-hacking scandals and the Leveson inquiry, the Panama Papers has brought us evidence of just how potent sustained,...
Panama Papers show how easy it is to finance terror using U.S. shell companies
Apr 12, 2016 12:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Panama Papers have exposed the largest financial crime scandal of our lifetimes. But what has been uncovered by the Panama Papers is much more dangerous than simply greed and corruption. For those of you who have...
Panama Papers: why we're looking at global corruption the wrong way
Apr 12, 2016 11:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
Although the size and scale of the Panama Papers leak was shocking, the offshore dealing they revealed was hardly a surprise. After all, many organisations, including Transparency International, Global Witness, Action Aid,...
David Cameron's Panama nightmare cuts to the core of his image problem – as EU referendum looms
Apr 08, 2016 16:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views
What a long week its been for David Cameron. And as with so many political crises, when this one began, it apparently had little to do with him at all. While the super-rich have long been criticised for creatively...
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