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Markus Meinzer

@markusmeinzer.bsky.social
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International Tax Policy, AML, Financial Secrecy & Geographic Risk | Independent Expert & Adviser · Senior Adviser, Tax Justice Network | PhD Economics

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paper trail media @papertrailmedia.de · 05/03/2026
Fast zehn Jahre nach Veröffentlichung der #PanamaPapers @icij.org hat in Köln der Prozess gegen einen der früheren Miteigentümer der Skandalkanzlei #MossackFonseca begonnen. @frederikobermaier.com war vor Ort www.zdfheute.de/panorama/kri...
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Panama Papers: Geständnis im Prozess um Steuerhinterziehung
Ein Ex-Mitinhaber der Skandalkanzlei Mossack Fonseca räumt im Zusammenhang mit den Panama-Papers Beihilfe zur Steuerhinterziehung ein.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 12/02/2026
“It is disappointing to see such a flawed analysis being used to justify lobbying at the UN negotiations." - @icrict.bsky.social's JoséAntonioOcampo “The ICC’s report is a shameless attempt to muddy the debates at the UN." - @alexcobham.bsky.social #UNtaxConvention taxjustice.net/press/tax-ex...
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Tax experts slam ICC for “shameless” facts-for-hire report on UN tax proposal - Tax Justice Network
The ICC's findings are meaningless at best – if not deliberate distortions to serve a lobbying agenda.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 09/02/2026
HUGE WIN💥 Korean President Lee has become the first head of state to call out the “millionaire exodus” myth, citing our research with @patmillsuk.bsky.social & @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social debunking it. Korea's tax authority published data contradicting the myth. taxjustice.net/press/korean...
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Korean president cites TJN takedown of millionaire exodus myth, demands end to anti-democratic “fake news” against wealth taxes - Tax Justice Network
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung condemned1 the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry over the weekend for spreading “fake news” about millionaires supposedly leaving South Korea due to inheritan...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/02/2026
Today's UN tax talks are the EU's last chance to defend its tax rights against Trump. The bloc's €14BN annual loss to tax cheating US firms is equivalent to handing over €30 for every person living in the EU to US firms a year. bit.ly/49SlGID #UNTaxConvention #TaxJustice
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/12/2025
"If you’re buying a smartwatch this Christmas, you’ll pay with your taxed income & pay VAT - multinationals profiting from your purchase likely won’t get taxed properly, if at all. "@alexcobham It’s time to #PayWhereYouPlay not ‘pay-where-you-say’. cthi.taxjustice.net/
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/12/2025
💸 It’s time for a fairer tax system: ‘pay-where-you-play’, not ‘pay-where-you-say’. #UNTaxConvention Check out the latest update to the Corporate Tax Haven Index bit.ly/4pd4faX . 🌍✊ #TaxJustice #PayWhereYouPlay #CTHI
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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Important moment from yesterday's #UNTaxConvention negotiations: India provided the definitive response to the (decade-long) attempt by OECD countries to subvert the definition of illicit financial flows by retrospectively removing corporate tax abuse from scope taxjustice.net/2025/11/14/i...
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‘Illicit financial flows as a definition is the elephant in the room’ — India at the UN tax negotiations - Tax Justice Network
At UN tax negotiations, India confirms that illicit financial flows include tax abuse under the UN’s agreed definition, closing the door on any manufactured ambiguity.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 13/11/2025
"Die Welt sollte einen UN-Vertrag unterstützen, der die globale Besteuerung mit den Menschenrechten in Einklang bringe." "The world should support a UN treaty that reconciles global taxation with human rights." @greenpeace.org @hrw.org #COP30 #UNtaxConvention #TaxForClimate taz.de/Globale-Steu...
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Globale Steuerpolitik: Nairobi soll Belém finanzieren
Auf der Klimakonferenz wird Geld für Klimaschutz gesucht. Währenddessen verhandeln die UN in Nairobi globale Regeln, die Steuerkassen füllen sollen.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 13/11/2025
It's day 4 of #COP30 & #UNtaxConvention negotiations, & so far we've missed out on $21 billion in tax to tax cheating multinational corporations & to the under-taxation of extreme wealth. The problem isn't scarcity, it's weakened tax sovereignty. #ChangeTaxNotClimate taxjustice.net/topics/un-ta...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 07/11/2025
In Germany, the biggest & most profitable companies from the US pay as little as 3% tax on profits earned here. A broad global alliance is necessary to stop the biggest bullies from getting the biggest benefits. Christoph Trautvetter, @steuergerecht.bsky.social #UNtaxConvention #TaxJustice2025
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 07/11/2025
Negotiating global conventions is messy work, so in preparation for the #UNtaxConvention negotiations resuming next week, we’ve tidied things up to help make it easier to get up to speed with and follow the negotiations. Give our new webpage a try. taxjustice.net/topics/un-ta...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 04/11/2025
💥New State of #TaxJustice2025 report out today! A US-backed global gag order preventing governments from naming multinationals shifting billions into tax havens cost countries $475bn in lost tax. #NameTheTaxCheaters See what our findings reveal: bit.ly/49wNnH0
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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Important piece from @icrict.bsky.social co-chairs @jayatighosh.bsky.social and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social on the need for countries to stand together in the UN tax convention, in the face of US aggression. www.cnbcafrica.com/2025/the-us-...
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The Us Threat To Global Tax Reform: A Proposal For Protecting Multilateralism
The US Threat to Progress on Tax Multilateralism By the end of 2024, considerable progress had been made towards the construction of a comprehensive multilateral architecture for corporate taxation.  ...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 24/09/2025
🌎 Next month at @UNICAMP, Brazil, we’ll co-host #ClimateforChange2025 ahead of #COP30. Why must #TaxSovereignty & #ClimateJustice go hand in hand for #JustTransitions? Find out in our latest blog 🔗 bit.ly/3KgiImR
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Why Climate Justice Needs Tax Sovereignty - Tax Justice Network
Tax sovereignty is the missing link for climate justice — reclaiming wealth, repairing harms, and funding just transitions.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 22/09/2025
“The economic system lies in the core of the climate crisis yet in its transformation lies the solution.” @emimamberti.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social Join #ClimateforChange2025 to unite #TaxJustice & #ClimateJustice for fair finance and a just transition. 👉 bit.ly/4jbO2zp #COP30
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Naomi Fowler @naomifowler.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The USA, going backwards, making opacity great again. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
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POLITICO Pro: Treasury will delete beneficial ownership data after rule rollback, FinCEN chief says
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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Emboldened by Trump's open calls for US multinationals not to be taxed on their profits abroad, lobbyists are now targeting the transparency measures which will reveal the scale of their tax abuse. For Australia's good, @albomp.bsky.social must refuse to be bullied www.afr.com/politics/fed...
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US giants urge Trump to push back on Australian tax law
Business groups in the US have urged the US President to press Australia to back down on tax laws that they say put them at a competitive disadvantage.
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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The video on the FT.com front page right now is one for the ages - the collective heads of US big tech fawning over the 'leadership' of President Trump. Their participation tells you about their values. Their specific emphasis reveals what they are getting out of it.
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Heading: Technology sector: Big Tech bosses court favour with Trumps at White House dinner

Image: video still. Mark Zuckerberg addressing Donald Trump, with caption of remarks reading "...together and you know I think you know all of the companies here are..."
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 01/09/2025
🤖Secrecy has long been a key enabler allowing criminals to escape the rule of law - and beneficial ownership transparency they key tool to fight back against this. But the rise of AI might now change this equation entirely. www.acamstoday.org/ai-human-acc... #FinancialSecrecy
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AI, human accountability and company ownership - ACAMS Today
This is an exploratory article on how AI may transform company ownership in the future. Legal vehicles such as companies and trusts are intended to help humans achieve their aim. These entities can be used for legitimate business or be abused to engage in illicit financial flows. Even when shell companies, charities or foundations are exploited to finance terrorism,
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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Interesting pieces from @pkrugman.bsky.social and @nathantankus.bsky.social on why financial markets haven't - YET - gone off a cliff in response to the multitude of harms being committed by the Trump administration.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 14/08/2025
It's been a searing summer for one dodgy millionaire exodus myth. Quick recap of how these claims went from gospel to bogus.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 14/08/2025
Every other week now there’s more evidence confirming our debunking of these scare stories. It shows how far opponents of #WealthTax are willing to go The UK must make sure its tax policy represents the will of its people, not the yarn of lobbyists #TaxTheSuperRich taxjustice.net/press/hmrc-d...
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HMRC data debunks UK non-dom exodus claims, FT reports - Tax Justice Network
The UK must make sure its tax policy represents the will of its people, not the yarn of lobbyists, and begin again to tax extreme wealth.
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Bastian Obermayer @bastianobermayer.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
People still are tragically underestimating what this is doing to our societies. The rich got richer and richer, super rich, mega rich. They are dictating policies. So it gets worse — and they get richer. It tears our societies apart.
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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Fantastic launch event today for two really powerful studies from the G-24 and @southcentre.bsky.social - showing that a key element of the OECD's minimum tax simply "does not impact *any treaty* between OECD and G-24/South Centre Member States", but UN equivalent would raise significant revenues.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 15/07/2025
New World Wealth and Henley & Partners seem to be on a warpath to shape public opinion on wealth by repeatedly publishing unreliable figures with little to no context, and ignoring criticism of their methodology and calls for transparency. 🧵on their claims today www.thetimes.com/article/bill...
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Billionaires are fleeing the UK — and wealth tax could make more quit
At least 18 dollar-billionaires left in two years, research suggests, moving their tax residency to countries such as the UAE and Monaco
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 11/07/2025
News: 16500 millionaires are leaving. That's a lot Us: That's less than 1% of UK millionaires News: Wait, 16500 'liquid' millionaires (most mobile) are leaving. That's a lot if you only count 'liquid' ones Us: That's still less than 3% of UK 'liquid' millionaires. So +97% are choosing to stay News:😡
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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
“It is our job to bring life, colour, democracy and legitimacy to this process.” @toveryding.bsky.social speaking truth to power on the lack of space for Civil Society participation at the #FfD4 Conference 🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪 #FfD4People #SystemChangeNow #EraOfJustice
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Mehr Demokratie @mehrdemokratie.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Eigentum verpflichtet: Die Empfehlungen der #Bürgerdebatte gerechte Steuern und Finanzen sind da! 40 per Los ausgewählte Bürger:innen haben letztes Wochenende gemeinsam Ideen für ein gerechtes Finanz- und Steuersystem erarbeitet. (1/4) 👉 Zu den Empfehlungen: www.steuerdebatte.info/ablauf/empfe...
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Bürgerdebatte gerechte Steuern und Finanzen
Gute Politik und demokratische Entscheidungen sind immer auch eine Frage des Geldes. Was wollen und können wir uns als Gemeinschaft leisten? wer soll dafür bezahlen? Über diese Fragen sollte nicht nur...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 30/06/2025
'Scarcity to address the climate crisis comes not from a genuine lack of resources but from elite capture and a lack of tax sovereignty on the part of countries' ~ Franziska Mager #SB62 #ClimateFinance #BonnClimateConference
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Markus Meinzer @markusmeinzer.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The reports were true: www.canada.ca/en/departmen... I'm wondering what all the business associations in Europe and elsewhere in the world will have to say about this... bsky.app/profile/taxj...
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G7 statement on global minimum taxes - Canada.ca
Earlier this year the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury outlined the United States’ concerns regarding the Pillar 2 rules agreed by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS and set out a proposed ‘side-b...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 27/06/2025
If today’s reports are true, G7 countries will be choosing tax subjugation under Trump over tax sovereignty at the UN. But it’s looking like Trump might not be able to hold countries at economic gunpoint much longer. taxjustice.net/press/g7-has...
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G7 hasty cave in would finally pronounce global tax deal dead - Tax Justice Network
It's looking like Trump might not be able to hold countries at economic gunpoint much longer.
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Markus Meinzer @markusmeinzer.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
40 ehemalige Staatschefs fordern eine „neue Wirtschaftskoalition der Willigen“, um Ungleichheit, Armut & Umweltzerstörung zurückzudrängen. Dafür schlagen sie unter anderem bessere internationale Zusammenarbeit im Steuerbereich bei den Vereinten Nationen vor. Brief: clubmadrid.org/wp-content/u...
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Katja Rietzler @krietzler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Inspiriert von der DGB-Verteilungskonferenz habe ich heute im Buchladen meines Vertrauens (varia-vardar.buchkatalog.de) meine Urlaubslektüre abgeholt. @steuergerecht.bsky.social @martynalinartas.bsky.social
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Surplus | Das Wirtschaftsmagazin @surplusmagazin.de · 25/06/2025
Mit Steuersenkungen für Unternehmen will Schwarz-Rot die Wirtschaft beleben. Das verstärkt die Ungleichheit und verschärft bestehende Probleme.
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Mythen-Check: Das bringt der »Wirtschaftsbooster« wirklich
Mit Steuersenkungen für Unternehmen will Schwarz-Rot die Wirtschaft beleben. Das verstärkt die Ungleichheit und verschärft wirtschaftlichen Probleme.
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Markus Meinzer @markusmeinzer.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Appeal by 40 former heads of state for a “new economic coalition of the willing” to address the threats of inequality, poverty & environmental breakdown. Organised by @clubdemadrid.bsky.social, it proposes a pathway for international tax cooperation. www.theguardian.com/business/202... #FfD4
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 25/06/2025
In preparation for the next round of UN tax talks in August, we've putting together policy cheat sheets explaining the ABCs of tax justice and how the #UNtaxConvention can deliver on these. Find out more: taxjustice.net/2025/06/25/o... @laynejohnson
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 27/06/2025
Today, during the lead-up to #FfD4, we’re holding our event: ‘Financing Public Services: Fulfilling Human Rights and Building a Care Society’. 🔗 Join us online by registering here : bit.ly/3TATCjT
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 24/06/2025
The myth of millionaires leaving countries in significant numbers is in the news again this morning. How many are leaving? Less than 1%. #TaxtheSuperRich
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 24/06/2025
Despite Henley & Partners backtracking on their claim about a millionaire "exodus" after we called out their report, news outlets are re-running the "exodus" myth this morning using Henley's latest shaky numbers to scaremonger. 🧵 #TaxTheSuperRich @patmillsuk.bsky.social @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social
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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Jetzt wo die Verantwortlichen für den Blackout in Spanien feststehen: Ob die Kollegen, die vorschnell die Erneuerbaren verantwortlich gemacht hatten, ihre Kommentare jetzt wohl aktualisieren…?
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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Our response out now - as the G77 said, a modest step forward. Some real wins to build on, but some disappointment too, especially on debt where the EU has badly let itself down. It is a significant shift for the entire world to move forward together, ditching the US taxjustice.net/press/us-ign...
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US ignored as Sevilla ‘financing for development’ outcome is adopted by consensus - Tax Justice Network
The US gave up and withdrew from months-long negotiations, leaving the rest of the world to agree the text by absolute consensus.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 11/06/2025
Millionaire migration rates have stood at near-0% for the last decade. The estimates on migrating millionaires reported in the news, when put into perspective, reveal a picture that is at complete odds with the "millionaire exodus" narrative. #TaxTheSuperRich taxjustice.net/reports/the-...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 10/06/2025
"I mean it's worse than spin, isn't it? It's just incorrect." @lbc.co.uk's Ian Payne reacting to our research today showing that the widely reported "millionaire exodus" did not happen. #BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich @alexcobham.bsky.social taxjustice.net/press/millio...
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Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit @steuergerecht.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
📉 Warum der Wirtschaftsbooster kaum wirken wird! Steuererleichterung für Unternehmen im Mythencheck. 🔍 Hier lesen: www.netzwerk-steuergerechtigkeit.de/mythen-check...
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Mythen-Check: Was der Wirtschaftsbooster wirklich bringt - Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit
Eines der ersten großen Reformvorhaben aus dem Koalitionsvertrag ist auf den Weg gebracht: Das Kabinett hat sich auf massive Steuererleichterungen […]
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 07/06/2025
🚨🌎The world’s biggest suppliers of financial secrecy: 1 United States 2 Switzerland 3 Singapore 4 Hong Kong 5 Luxembourg 6 Germany 7 Netherlands 8 South Korea 9 Guernsey 10 Japan The top suppliers are shifting towards autocracy, our #FSI2025 reveals. taxjustice.net/press/financ...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 06/06/2025
🇪🇺 💶EU countries' "Jekyll-&-Hyde" secrecy exposed: deliberately being less transparent & cooperative w/ lower income countries, negating legal commitments. Half are using a backdoor to shield non-EU countries’ tax evaders from accountability #FSI2025 taxjustice.net/press/financ...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 06/06/2025
🌍Countries supplying the most financial secrecy are shifting towards autocracy, our latest update to our ranking of the world’s biggest enablers of dark and dirty money reveals. #FSI2025 taxjustice.net/press/financ... #FinancialSecrecy #TaxJustice
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 04/06/2025
The Financial Secrecy Index has been used by banks to fight #MoneyLaundering by academics to investigate the English Premier League & by leading institutes to enrich their renowned databases. Read more on the inspiring ways people are using the #FSI2025 bit.ly/4kiELXb
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The Financial Secrecy Index, a cherished tool for policy research across the globe - Tax Justice Network
This blog showcases the Tax Justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index as a research tool for academics, database creators and private parties.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 03/06/2025
🚨🌎The world’s biggest suppliers of financial secrecy: 1 United States 2 Switzerland 3 Singapore 4 Hong Kong 5 Luxembourg 6 Germany 7 Netherlands 8 South Korea 9 Guernsey 10 Japan The top suppliers are shifting towards autocracy, our #FSI2025 reveals. taxjustice.net/press/financ...
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