How this Russian billionaire shielded assets from European sanctionsAndrey Melnichenko, who made his fortune in Russia's energy industry in the years following the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, gave up his ...
03 Jun, 2022, 04.12 PM IST
Text of President Joe Biden's State of the Union addressMadam Speaker, Madam Vice President, our First Lady and Second Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Justices of the Supreme Cour...
02 Mar, 2022, 08.58 AM IST
Pandora Papers: A money bomb with political ripplesThe report was based on what its authors described as 11.9 million records leaked from 14 firms in the offshore financial services industry...
05 Oct, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
The point that everyone is missing in the 'Pandora Papers' leakWhether offshore structures are created simply for the purposes of secrecy, or for hiding illegitimate assets, or for exploiting a legal lo...
05 Oct, 2021, 12.02 AM IST
Exploring the world's phantom FDI: Luxembourg, Ireland well-known tax havens destinationsIreland and the Netherlands are preferred destinations for multinationals operating in Europe.
11 Sep, 2019, 10.51 AM IST
How this Indian-origin trader cheated market and got duped of $50 millionAccording to the US government, British day trader Navinder Singh Sarao had made tens of millions of dollars using an illegal practice call...
10 Feb, 2017, 07.59 PM IST
Spotlight on Panama papers has raked up interesting questions, here's a lookThe names of people owning firms in Panama & British Virgin Islands were released. Here are some of the questions that have cropped up.
05 Apr, 2016, 08.52 AM IST
How shell companies are used to channel black moneyA huge volume of black money is funnelled through shell companies. Here’s how it works.
02 Nov, 2014, 10.52 AM IST
EU plans to remove banking secrecy to crackdown on tax evasionEuropean Union leaders have agreed to crack down on tax evasion more effectively by abolishing their banking secrecy.
23 May, 2013, 01.47 PM IST
We need legal tools to counter tax evasion: Pascal Saint-Amans, Global Forum Secretariat Head, OECD"We are producing change which is quite a miracle," says Saint-Amans, who will step into a larger role at the OECD early next year.
12 Dec, 2011, 02.46 AM IST
- India vows to fight liberal import of used goods
India has opposed suggestion by some developed countries for more liberal trade in remanufactured goods or refurbished old products fearing...
16 Aug, 2010, 04.15 AM IST
- India vows to fight liberal import of used goods
Refurbished goods are a threat to environment, domestic industry.
16 Aug, 2010, 01.27 AM IST
- Swiss bank clients in for taxing times
Switzerland’s secretive banks are considering landmark plans to require that their foreign clients conform to personal taxation requirement...
16 Nov, 2009, 02.29 AM IST
- Swiss banks plan tax requirement for foreign clients
Switzerland's secretive banks are considering landmark plans to require that their foreign clients conform to personal taxation requirement...
15 Nov, 2009, 03.08 PM IST
- CBI papers on Q were not in order
The Central Bureau of Investigation, backed by the government, literally paved the way for Italian middleman Ottavio Quattrocchi to walk fr...
16 Jun, 2007, 02.31 AM IST