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Offshore News Digest for Week of February 11, 2002


CAYMANS JOINS 'GET ENRON' CAMPAIGN

Having signed away financial privacy to the US IRS, the Caymans government jumps at the chance to expose ENRON's CI entities.

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BELIZE QUESTIONS ASHCROFT MONOPOLIES

Echoing the man in the street, The Belize Times questions the wisdom of Lord Michael Ashcroft's many monopolies in this Caribbean tax haven.

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NASSAU INSTITUTE BLASTS BAHAMAS-U.S. TAX ACCORD

Sees major harm to people; lack of logical government policies.

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STOLEN PASSPORTS BIG BUSINESS @ $1500 EACH

Since 1990, official BELGIAN passports numbering 19,050 have been stolen and turned up in a some very bad hands.

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Last year over 350 official CAYMANS passports disappeared.

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Man arrested in Manila with 104 MALAYSIAN passports in his bags.

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SWISS KNOCK BRITS LAX DIRTY CASH RULES

Swiss anti-money laundering laws outclass UK and most others.

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OFFSHORE HAVEN LINKED TO BLAIR CAMPAIGN CASH

LONDON. UK PM Tony BLAIR backed NETHERLANDS ANTILLES firm that gave Labour campaign £125,000.

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NIUE BULLIED INTO SUBMISSION

Under OECD, FATF and EU pressures, this tiny Pacific island says it's not worth it and repeals its offshore banking laws.

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F.A.T.F. MAKES LIECHTENSTEIN QUAKE

VADUZ. In this principality, whatever FATF wants, FATF gets.

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BAD 'GOOD NEIGHBOR' POLICY

Cross the US-Mexican border and you become an instant suspect.

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BIN-LADEN FAMILY DENIES TAX HAVEN USE

We're not sure why the denial, but here it is.

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INDIA SCANDAL IMPLICATES MAURITIUS

NEW DELHI. Investigators say the island haven was used for tax evasion.

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IRISH CONFIDENCE COLLAPSE

DUBLIN. Fake accounting and a 3/4 billion theft shake the Emerald Isle's self-confidence when it comes to financial regulation.

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U.S. CONGRESS CONCERN OVER E.U. TAX PLANS

Serious questions about cross border information exchange.

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SAVE TAXES; GO OFFSHORE

Another major US company, Stanley Tool, moves its corporate home to BERMUDA and saves $30 million in taxes as a result.

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AUSTRALIA CUTS FINANCIAL PRIVACY

A court ruling may open up private accounting records to tax collectors.

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NETHERLANDS A MAJOR CORPORATE TAX HAVEN

High tax Holland is a a major corporate tax haven.

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INTESTINAL FORTITUDE -- AND THEN SOME

Arrested Angolan man carried 1,304 diamonds in intestines.

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NATION IDs; A STAB IN THE BACK

"Don't ask me for my papers. I won't give them to you."

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THE EYES HAVE IT

At Heathrow it's the traveler's eye that identifies them.

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ENCRYPTION PROTECTS US

So don't deprive us of our privacy for phony 'anti-terror' safety.

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TAXATION THEORIES

The UN Tax Police Potential, Daniel Mitchell.

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“Tax Reform: Key to Preserving Privacy & Competition”

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The Case for Territorial Taxation

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The Heritage Foundation

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U.S. CORPORATIONS FLEE OFFSHORE

More American companies are going offshore to avoid double, triple, high taxes.

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RUSSIAN OFFSHORE CAPITAL FLIGHT

MOSCOW. Billions flow out and a lot goes along with Russians to their new offshore home, the sunny island of CYPRUS.

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COOK ISLANDS' NEW GOVERNMENT

RAROTONGA. This Pacific tax haven suddenly has a new (old) leader.

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FRANCE BULLIES NAURU

With its own major money laundering scandals rampant, France has time to badger this tiny Pacific island that remains on the FATF blacklist.

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U.K. LABOUR TO ABOLISH GIBRALTAR TAX HAVEN

Straw says "duty-free, tax-free status" will end in 5 years.

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IRISH GROWTH CREATES WORLD TAX HAVEN

DUBLIN. The International Financial Services Center here is a tax haven that has attracted many of the world's leading banks.

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GUERNSEY SEES THREAT TO CHANNEL ISLANDS

UK restrictions on the Crown Dependencies could spell disaster.

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CENTRAL AMERICAN FREE TRADE AREA PLAN

16 nations in the Caribbean & Central America seek trade unity.

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URUGUAY BANKS HIT BY ARGENTINE COLLAPSE

The 'Switzerland of the South' gets caught in the cash crisis.

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LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS QUESTIONED

The Enron mess has called into question a leading asset protection device, the limited liability partnership.

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$17 BILLION TROUBLE FOR TOP 25 BANKS

25 largest banks have $16.6 billion, 5% of their equity capital, exposed in Enron and Argentina.

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OFFSHORE CAPTIVE INSURANCE BOOM

With insurance premiums rising, business looks for alternatives to hold down costs. Offshore captive insurance does just that.

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IS GOLD MAKING A COMEBACK?

S&P thinks gold may regain its long term luster. Prices soar as anxious investors again seek refuge in the precious metal.

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ABUSIVE TRUST PROSECUTIONS UP

Wall Street Journal reports IRS is convicting more criminals who try to hide income from tax collectors using "abusive trusts."

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Alleged US abusive trust salesman arrested in Costa Rica.

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EU/G-7 MONEY LAUNDERING RULES

Still more about new governmental attacks on wealth.

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LANGER EXPOSES I.R.S. REPORTING PLANS

Dr. Marshall Langer exposes the fallacy of IRS reporting foreign investors US income.

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WEAK EURO LIMPS ALONG, BUT WHO CARES?

Does the weakness of the single European currency matter?"

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U.S. REJECTS E.U. DIGITAL TAX SCHEME

Bush administration opposes European taxes on US sales.

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E.U. WIDE ARREST WARRANT CLOSER

EU countries pledge to adopt a Europe-wide arrest warrant by 2003, a year ahead of schedule. Financial crimes are included.

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WORLD CRIMINAL COURT LOOMS

A proposed international criminal court needs only eight more signatory nations to become operative.

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IS THERE A FUTURE FOR LIBERTY?

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tx) weighs optimism & pessimism about the future.

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SURVEILLANCE TECH THREAT

Government's surveillance technology threatens liberty.

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GOVERNMENT BOOK WATCHING

Growing official demands to know what books you read.

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INSIDE GOVERNMENT VIEW

Here's how the US Dept. of Justice interprets the 'PATRIOT ACT'.

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