Campaign group launches financial secrecy index and warns UK is still protecting overseas territoriesThe United Nations has been urged by the Tax Justice Network to coordinate a global effort to terminate offshore tax evasion and corruption,amid warnings that the UK is continuing to insulate its overseas territories from financial transparency.
Commenting on the launch of the TJN’s Financial Secrecy Index 2018, which ranks countries on the size and secretiveness of their offshore sectors, and its chief executive,Alex Cobham, said substantial financial centres had proven unwilling to reform voluntarily. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk