The Caymans: Reputation, Rhetoric, and Reality
By Alex Cobham. Originally published at Tax Justice Network From naked capitalism Last week I took up the kind invitation of the government of Cayman to speak at their conference on ‘Tax Transparency in the Global Financial Services Ecosystem’, and…
The Cayman Islands: A very convenient truth in financial oversight
By Mary Barzee-Flores and Read McCaffrey, From Daily Business Review The Cayman Islands suffers from an undeserved bum rap. Many people automatically associate the Caymans with a haven for tax cheats and financial scams. However, the notion that the Cayman…
Treasure Islands: Britain’s offshore hubs
AFP From Bangkok Post LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure to demand greater transparency from Britain’s overseas tax havens, which critics say help promote and support corruption. The leak of documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca…
Panama Papers: The secret state of Delaware
By Lucy Clarke-Billings From Newsweek When conjuring up a picture of a tax haven, one generally imagines a faraway, zero-tax, Caribbean land like the Cayman Islands or Bermuda. President Obama has criticized offshore jurisdictions like these and citing the Panama…
