UK: HMRC grows Affluent Unit in tax avoidance crackdown
By Sam Shaw From International Adviser A sharper focus on offshore banking activity and tax avoidance has seen HM Revenue & Customs grow its Affluent Unit by more than 50% in the past two years. In 2013 the unit had…
Eight Bahamians extradited to the United States Monday (14)
From Bahamas Press Nassau, Bahamas – Bahamas Press has now identified the eight Bahamian nationals that were last Monday [14th December 2015], extradited to the United States pursuant to the Extradition Act. The extradited men are: 1 Sheldon Moore 2…
French company fined US$772 million to resolve Bahamas and other bribery charges
NEW HAVEN, USA (BERNAMA-NNN-CARIBBEAN NEWS)– Alstom SA, a French power and transportation company, was sentenced last November in US District Court in Connecticut to pay a US$772 million fine to resolve criminal charges related to a widespread corruption scheme involving…
Bahamas gov’t still awaiting report on Jamaican women
From Jamaica Observer NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas government says it does not condone the “abuse of any detainee” as it awaits the findings of an investigation into the arrest of 11 Jamaican women earlier this month. Foreign Affairs…
US Justices step into dispute over parental rights of same-sex couples
By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal An Alabama Supreme Court’s refusal to recognize a lesbian’s nearly decade-old adoption in Georgia of three children may draw the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time into the rights of gay…
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Cayman Airways bans hoverboards from aircraft
Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) joins with many international airlines in announcing the banning of “hoverboards” on its aircraft. Effective immediately, the lithium battery powered self-balancing personal transportation devices, commonly referred to as hoverboards, are banned from being transported on all…
The Editor Speaks: How to save football
David Dein, former Arsenal and FA vice-chairman, outlined at BBC Radio 5 Live Sportsweek that he believes the only way FIFA can restore its reputation is to put the organisation into administration. The football veteran did accept that this was…
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US government fights Facebook on commercial speech
By Ross Todd, from The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers for the federal government have weighed in against Facebook in a privacy lawsuit where the company is raising a Constitutional challenge to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The TCPA allows…
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Caribbean Tourism Board issues statement on Paris Climate Change Agreement
The Caribbean region is experiencing the impact of the ravaging effects of climate change. Sea level rise, frequent and intense natural hazards; extended dry seasons resulting in water scarcity, loss of livelihoods and the disappearance of some of our islands…
Greek prosecutors investigating tax evaders raid UBS office
From CNBC ATHENS, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Greek financial prosecutors have raided a UBS office in Athens seizing records as part of an investigation into possible tax evasion by holders of large bank deposits abroad, court officials said on Tuesday….
