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Matti Kohonen @mattikohonen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Happening today and excited to participate. Warwick Business School event in London 'From Baku to Belém'. Greater coherence needed between the UNFCCC and the negotiations for the UN Tax Convention to mobilise resources via internatinal tax cooperation and advancing ownership and asset transparency.

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Matti Kohonen @mattikohonen.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

A great morning run by the Basingstoke Canal, frosty in -5 but no snow in Surrey.

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Matti Kohonen @mattikohonen.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Cities like London should invest in pedestrianisation, cycling, and cheaper public transport, making drivers pay isn't enough. I went to London on New Year's day by car due to expensive and unreliable trains and no CC/ULEZ on the day for EVs, I'd not go on any other day to the CC zone. rb.gy/tflyga

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London has a congestion charge – and traffic in gridlock. We need other ways to end the obsession with cars | Jonn Elledge

The charge was seen as draconian, but new thinking is now essential. Look to the cities trying a range of bold ideas, says author Jonn Elledge

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Matti Kohonen @mattikohonen.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The end of fact checking and content moderation on Meta platforms (FB, Insta, Threads) spells the end of meaningful conversation. They just become enablers for hateful, and abusive intent. With many secretive accounts, and hidden ownership, we won't know who even know who is behind it. rb.gy/tflyga

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Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say

Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump

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Ilya Lozovsky @ichbinilya.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Who owns London’s luxury real estate? Sometimes there's no way to know. The family of Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev held properties in the British capital worth millions of dollars. Do they still own them? We can't tell. They’re hidden behind a secretive offshore trust. Our latest story🧵👇

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Luxury London Properties Linked to Family of Azerbaijan's President Are Hidden Behind an Offshore Trust

The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Are they still holding onto their property empire? Despite new transpar...

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Stephen Abbott Pugh @stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

@stevejgoodrich.bsky.social @bcowdock.bsky.social Checking you saw this from the Isle of Man, given mention of Isle of Man trust in your latest story with OCCRP. Happy Christmas!

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Transparency International @anticorruption.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Instead of building schools and hospitals, billions in public funds from Africa vanish into offshore accounts, luxury real estate and shell companies. We have analysed 78 cases, revealing where stolen funds end up. Check it out! ⬇️ buff.ly/3BoJPZ0

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Dirty money’s hiding spots: How corruption funds disappear overseas -…

How dirty money disappears overseas and corruption-linked African assets are hidden in wealthy nations

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

HMRC fined 83,000 people who earned below the tax threshold for failing to file a tax return. They should be fighting tax dodging by the richest – not penalising the poorest. taxjustice.uk/blog/hmrc-sh...

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HMRC should focus on tax dodging by the richest

Figures out in October showed that HMRC has issued fines to 83,000 self-employed people on low incomes for failing to file a tax return on time. These people were earning too little to pay any tax at ...

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ICIJ @icij.org · 15/12/2024

Last month, a statement from the U.K.’s foreign secretary said that Isabel dos Santos “systematically abused her positions at state-run companies to embezzle at least [$443 million], depriving Angola of resources and funding for much-needed development.”

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UK sanctions Angola’s Isabel dos Santos and associates for ‘stealing country’s wealth for personal gain’ - ICIJ

The British government’s decision follows a series of criminal charges and asset freezes brought by multiple governments against the daughter of Angola’s former president following ICIJ’s 2020 Luanda…

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Matti Kohonen @mattikohonen.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Why we need public beneficial ownership transparency! "Aroland Holdings is a" ... BVI-registered company whose BO ... " is listed as Kuok Khoon Hong, the co-founder of Singapore’s Wilmar International, one of the world’s largest oil palm plantation owners." tinyurl.com/5fz3krct 1/4

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Shard to share title of tallest building in UK as new skyscraper gets green light

The new building, 1 Undershaft, will be 309.6m tall, matching the height of the Shard to the centimetre

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Matti Kohonen @mattikohonen.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A great opportunity to publish a paper on offshore secrecy, esp. if you're into social theory, Georg Simmel, econ sociology or socio-economics.

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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

In the 1980s–90s, many previously prominent social scientific questions on power and inequality faded into the background. Our brand-new article w/ @phdskat.org at @ripejournal.bsky.social probes into this dynamic through the concept of 'corporate escape' 🧵 1/10 www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...

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Matti Kohonen @mattikohonen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

This week is the 2nd Prep Committee for 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) taking place in Seville, 30 Jun-3 Jul. This matters for tackling Illicit Financial Flows, the international tax and debt architecture and transparency of private finance, tinyurl.com/3b8fpenr 1/8

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Amazon will make billions from Black Friday. Their workers across the country are protesting today, highlighting poor working conditions and Amazon's tax avoidance. It's time the government stop the tax breaks and #MakeAmazonPay

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Matti Kohonen @mattikohonen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Why should funders prioritise the #UN #FfD4 conference in Seville, Jul/2025? The Global Financial Architecture on international tax and debt co-operation, regulating private finance and trade flows is being framed (if not directly defined) starting negotiation tracks, processes: bubs.live/FGyxHxGa3

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Setting the global agenda for tax, debt and international aid through 2035

THE FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

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Financial Transparency Coalition @fintrco.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Livestreamed/Geneva event! "Exploring the Linkages between the Human Rights Economy with and the Right to Development" 26 Nov, 15:30-16:45 CET, Room XXVII, Palais des Nations. UN SR Right to Development, Act Alliance, CIDSE, @hrw.org, @cesr.bsky.social, Franciscans Intl. Stream: tinyurl.com/yrrpe3r7

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Kaisa Kosonen @kaisakosonen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Yes!!! 👏 EU governments reject the amendments that would weaken the EU deforestation law! 🍃🌲 #EUDR #deforestation #NatureLoss #biodiversity #Amazon

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

⚠️WARNING⚠️ UK Zone Fever has the most malign backers on the planet. Trump is the man who Peter Thiel (PayPal/Palantir) urged to fire the nation’s civil servants to “replace them with our people”, to defy the courts and rule his own way. Or, to put this in simple terms: to foment a coup. Thread

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Billionaires Are Suing the Honduran Government for Blocking Their Profit-Making Scheme

US billionaires are trying to establish a libertarian city-state in Honduras to evade democratic constraints. As progressive president Xiomara Castro resists their efforts, the Peter Thiel–backed firm...

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War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🚨 BREAKING: Corporations and the super-rich dodged £388 billion to tax last year — and the UK enabled £102 billion of this. Tax abuse by corporations and the super-rich is out of control — but the UN is trying to change this. Read on to find out more⬇️

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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 19/11/2024

Countries are losing half a trillion $ to tax havens a year. The UK is the 2nd biggest loser but is 1 of 8 countries opposed to a #UNtaxConvention that would fix this. @alexcobham.bsky.social talks with BBC World New about our new State of #TaxJustice2024 report bit.ly/SOTJ24 youtu.be/Uhx5C5wLFQo

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Alex Cobham BBC interview - State of Tax Justice 19 Nov 2024

YouTube video by Tax Justice Network

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Financial Transparency Coalition @fintrco.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

@g20org.bsky.social in its Leaders' Declaration says "we will seek to engage cooperatively to ensure that ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed." But, relying on the OECD BEPS Inclusive Framework is unlikely to deliver, a future protocol under UN FCITC is more likely. rb.gy/7mlmvq

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Matti Kohonen @mattikohonen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Event alert! Warwick Uni, "Roundtable: The UN Tax Convention, Global Cooperation and Fiscal Justice", 4pm - 6pm, Wed, 27, FAB0.80 (Ground Floor, Faculty of Arts), in person only with Maria Ron Balsera @cesr.bsky.social, Prof. Sol Picciotto, John Snappe. More info: tinyurl.com/43fbxpc2

Matti Kohonen @mattikohonen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Decided to move over here, both myself and the organisation I work for @fintrco.bsky.social . Any good migration tools, or similar tips for the recent migrants. I feel one of the biggest things we're leaving behind is the following both I and esp. FTC have built over 15 / 20 years respectively.

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