Government’s anti-corruption champion says legislation is one option if British abroad territories fail to adopt public registers of companiesThe government could legislate to force the UK’s tax havens to reveal for the first time the true owners of offshore companies,anti-corruption champion Sir Eric Pickles has indicated. Pickles described the behaviour of some of the former colonies as “simply unacceptable” during a discussion with civil society groups on Thursday, a day after David Cameron said some “frankly, and are not moving anywhere near mercurial enough” to tackle tax evasion and money laundering.
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Source: theguardian.com