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Offshore News Digest for Week of July 1, 2002


SWISS CALL E.U. DEMANDS 'UNACCEPTABLE'

Finance Minister dismisses EU criticism of banking secrecy.

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NEW BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT OUTLINES PLANS

NASSAU. Special ministry for finance and investment, 'offshore' no more?

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CARIBBEAN HAVENS STILL F.A.T.F. BLACKLISTED

Nevis, St. Vincent, Dominica not off yet.

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CYPRUS TAX HAVEN STATUS DYING FOR RUSSIANS

Their use for a once favorite tax haven island is about ended.

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GIBRALTAR RESPONDS TO BRIT SMEARS

The Rock says it's books are wide open and transparent.

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HONG KONG FREEDOMS ENDANGERED

Increasing control by Beijing Communists curtails liberties.

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U.S. IRS TARGETS PACIFIC TAX CHEATS

False residency for tax dodges questioned.

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FOREIGN CORPORATIONS IN U.S. MAY GET BIG TAX BILL

WASHINGTON. $50 billion more in taxes over the next 10 years.

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House of Representatives committee may re-write corporate tax laws.

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'Runaway Corporations: Political Band-Aids vs. Long-Term Solutions.' A Special Cato Institute Report.

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IS A 'CASHLESS SOCIETY' INEVITABLE?

And isn't that just what the controlling high tax globalists want?

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U.S. STOCK BROKERS DIRTY CASH RULES

Investment firms forced to become government financial spies.

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BRIT OFFSHORE ADVICE COSTS

LONDON: KPMG sells tax avoidance, but at a high cost.

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EVERGREEN TRUST FRAUD SEEKS OFFSHORE CASH

Bahamas, Costa Rica are targeted for new litigation in stock fraud case.

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DOMESTIC SPYING RETURNS TO U.S.

FBI's domestic surveillance powers bring back the bad old days.

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FEDS MAY DEMAND ALL E-MAIL DATA

Following the EU and UK big Brother plans, US police may require all your e-mail copies and web surfing records.

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WORLD CRIMINAL COURT NOW IN SESSION

But US wisely opts way out of no holds barred tribunal.

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Case Against the International Criminal Court, Cato Institute.

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SWISS UNDER BANK SECRECY PRESSURE

ZURICH. EU keeps on demanding Swiss stop acting like Swiss.

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MILOSEVIC CYPRUS CASH STASH

NICOSIA. Ex-Yugo Prez had offshore front companies and bank accounts stuffed with millions on Cyprus.

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LIECHTENSTEIN OFF F.A.T.F. WATCH LIST

VADUZ. The principality is seen as cash clean.

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Mini Research Guide to the Laws of Liechtenstein on the Net.

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GIBRALTAR DEAL TERMS REVEALED

No deal, but half a deal between UK and Spain.

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ISLE OF MAN TAX CUT HELPS ECONOMY

DOUGLAS. Abolition of corporate taxes will boost economy.

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BAHAMAS EASES BANK RULES

NASSAU. New government extends KYC deadlines.

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U.S. BANKS OBJECT TO NEW MONEY LAUNDERING RULES

WASHINGTON. Major US banks and securities dealers have finally got guts enough to tell the government its proposed new money laundering rules are too diffuse, unfocused and unworkable.

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BUSH SHOULD REJECT EUROPEAN HIGH TAX CARTEL

Veronique de Rugy of the Cato Institute explains why.

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COMMUNIST CHINESE CHASE TAX EVADERS

BEIJING. Commie tax collectors want rich capitalists to pay up.

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JULY 4, 2002 - DEPENDENCE DAY?

How would modern Americans respond to the 1776 call for independence?

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RON PAUL: MUCH NEEDED 'DR. NO'

WASHINGTON. Rep. Ron Paul doesn't mind if his colleagues in the US House of Representatives call him "Dr. No."

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BUSH REPUDIATES WORLD CRIMINAL COURT

WASHINGTON. Says 'no' to day old tribunal.

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BRITISH I.D. CARS THREATEN CIVIL LIBERTIES

LONDON. Tony Blair's Labourite police state moves ahead with ID cards for all as civil liberties groups protest.

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OFFICIAL WARNS AGAINST SWISS 'POLICE STATE'

Switzerland's top data protection official warns against violating the rights of Swiss citizens in the name of anti-terror programs.

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E.U. TAXMAN PRESSURES SWISS ON TAX EVASION

EU's top tax man meets with Swiss Finance Ministers.

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SWISS SHUT DOWN FINANCE COMPANIES

Anti-money laundering agency closes three finance operations.

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PARTIAL PLAN FOR GIBRALTAR?

Talk, talk, talk but no agreement on a 5-year turnover plan.

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BIG 5 CONSULTANTS SAVE TAXES OFFSHORE

Big Five accounting consultant spin-offs use structures in Bermuda, Luxembourg and Switzerland designed to minimize taxation.

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BERMUDA MAY ALLOW NEW BANKS

HAMILTON. Bank regulators may allow new or foreign banks into three-bank Bermuda for the first time in 40 years.

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CLEANED UP NEVIS HOSTS MONEY LAUNDERING MEET

BASSETERRE. Long time tax haven, fresh off the FATF blacklist plans for a clean money future.

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SINGAPORE RECESSION SHOCKS CITY STATE

After decades of growth, questioning of a state directed economy.

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E.U. WANTS ENTRY-EXIT CASH REPORTS

BRUSSELS. The 15 nation bloc may require signed reports from all visitors carrying more than 15,000 euros in cash or equivalent value.

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E.U. BANK CARD SECURITY

AMSTERDAM. Current magnetic strip ATM cards may soon be replaced by more secure electronic chip cards.

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ANOTHER SPANISH BANK SCANDAL

MADRID. Santander Central Hispano (SCH), Spain's biggest bank, faces fresh troubles; five top executives of aiding tax evasion.

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S.E.C. PATRIOT ACT RULES A MAJOR BURDEN

WASHINGTON. Mutual funds, brokers and maybe hedge funds too.

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U.S. ANTI-TERROR LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL

LOS ANGELES. A federal judge says the government cannot label groups as 'terrorist' without an appeal process.

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U.K. LABOUR WANTS NATIONAL I.D CARDS

LONDON: For the first time since post-WW II way back in 1952.

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Massive abuse of UK privacy feared.

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BRITISH CITIZENSHIP FOR 35,000 AFRICAN ASIANS

LONDON: 35 000 overseas British ex-colonials of Asian origin living in east Africa are to be granted full UK citizenship.

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