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7 February 2024

MALAYSIA: Former Malaysian finance minister charged following Pandora Papers revelations

Daim Zainuddin is among several high-profile Malaysians whose offshore wealth has come under scrutiny by Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency. Malaysian authorities have charged former finance minister

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7 February 2024

US: Why most millionaires want a wealth tax: “There’s a certain alarmism among the wealthy about Trump”

Extreme wealth and income inequality will eventually destroy a real democracy. Why? Because that disparity of power and resources allows a relatively small number of people and groups to subvert the

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6 February 2024

AFRICA: Nigeria Hemorrhaging Billions As Money Laundering Loot Remains Untouchable

On Wednesday, last week, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, disclosed that it had uncovered a religious sect in Nigeria involved in money laundering for terrorists.

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6 February 2024

EU: EU Lawmakers Agree to Regulate ESG Ratings Providers

Lawmakers in the European Parliament and Council announced today that they have reached a provisional agreement on a proposal to regulate ESG ratings providers, and introducing rules to increase the

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6 February 2024

BAHAMAS: Gov’t ‘disagrees’ on IMF’s ‘top 10%’ income taxation

THE Government “disagrees” with the IMF’s assertion that it must introduce a personal income tax targeting “the top 10 percent of earners” and other reforms to hit its 25 percent revenue-to-GDP

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6 February 2024

UK: IHT Top Concern For Wealthy Individuals

New research released this week by RBC Wealth Management (part of the Royal Bank of Canada) looks at the top financial concerns of wealthy individuals across the UK in 2024. Inheritance tax, gifting

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6 February 2024

SPAIN: Spain’s finance ministry targets crypto, NFTs with new tax reform

The Spanish Ministry of Finance aims to enhance its authority to seize crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as part of a new tax reform. The Ministry of Finance of Spain is gearing up to push a new

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5 February 2024

ASIA: What ED probe on Indian owners of offshore firms reveals

Indian owners of offshore firms named in the Pandora Papers are – Anil Ambani, Sachin Tendulkar, Niira Radia, Gautam Singhania, and Lalit Goyal, among others. The Enforcement Directorate (ED)

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5 February 2024

UK: New Economic Crime Unit to tackle money laundering and carry out financial investigations

The Environment Agency launches Economic Crime Unit to address serious financial offences in the waste sector. The Environment Agency has launched a new Economic Crime Unit to boost its efforts to tackle

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5 February 2024

ASIA: Asian Development Bank commits record climate finance of almost US$10 billion in 2023

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed a record amount of climate finance in 2023 to help its developing member countries (DMCs) in Asia and the Pacific cut greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to

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