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Friday | The Independent

Square Mile too secretive, says report

The Treasury has hit back at claims that London is one of the most secretive and underhand financial centres in the world, defending its "transparent" tax system.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Boston Globe

BVI judge hears requests before sentencing RI man

Prosecutors in the British Virgin Islands say a Rhode Island man convicted of killing his wife while scuba diving should serve at least 25 years in prison before getting parole.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News

NZ Herald

Tax evaders hiding in plain sight

You're a billionaire but you don't want anyone, least of all the taxman, to know.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Stabroek News

Taxing times for British Caribbean

The UKa s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have been told to improve standards of regulation, and find new methods of raising tax.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Europe, Isle of Man

Sat Oct 31, 2009

The New Zealand Herald

Havens need more taxes, says Britain

LONDON: Offshore financial centres in the British Caribbean should consider introducing more taxes to shore up their increasingly shaky finances, according to a UK Government-commissioned report.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Europe, Isle of Man

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Business Insurance

British dependencies, territories get financial advice

Britain's crown dependencies and overseas territories are being advised in a new report to ensure they meet international standards on taxation and financial regulation and to take a fresh look at their tax structures.

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Related Topix: Isle of Man, Europe, World News, Central America

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Oregonian

German arrested amid investigation of hedge fund

A German man who founded the hedge fund group K1 was arrested by police amid an investigation into possible fraud that may total some euro200 million , prosecutors said Thursday.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, US Politics, US News

This is Guernsey

Foot report published

Michael Foot's review of British offshore financial centres has been published. MICHAEL FOOTa S Review of British offshore financial centres was published this morning.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, Cayman Islands

Institutional Investor

K1 Group Investigated For Fraud

K1 Group , a German hedge fund firm, is being investigated for possibly foisting about $400 million in losses on several major banks, Bloomberg reports.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News

Caribbean Net News

Ex-client of UBS gets house arrest for BVI tax fraud

A former client of UBS AG who cooperated in a probe of the Swiss bank's ties with wealthy Americans hiding money overseas was sentenced to one year house arrest and a fine on Wednesday for a multimillion-dollar tax evasion scheme involving a British Virgin Islands corporation.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Ubs Ag, World News, Central America, Miami Metro

Tue Oct 27, 2009

WLNE-TV Providence

David Swain Found Guilty of Killing Wife

A jury in the British Virgin Islands has found a Rhode Island man guilty of murder after his wife drowned during a 1999 scuba-diving trip.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News

Times-Picayune

Man accused of killing wife during scuba dive awaits jury's verdict

David Swain, center, arrives in handcuffs escorted by prison guards to the High Court building in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on the first day of his trial in the drowning of his wife Shelley Tyre in March 1999 while the couple was diving on the last day of a Caribbean getaway.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America

Mon Oct 26, 2009

TeleGeography CommsUpdate

C&W connects C-BUS cable to boost internet bandwidth

C&W Bermuda customers will be able to enjoy increased internet bandwidth and improved internet services thanks to the commissioning of a USD10 million submarine fibre-optic cable link.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Jaunted

New York: Richard Branson Was With Us In Spirit Last Night At Le Bernardin

How do you throw a launch party for a luxury catamaran without the boat or its owner present? Well, if you're Virgin Limited Edition and Richard Branson and his new Necker Belle are unavailable to party, you just down canapes at one of New York City's best restaurants: Le Bernardin .

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, South Africa, Africa, Travel

Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Age

Little insight on Astarra's BVI vehicle

AS INVESTORS clamoured yesterday to withdraw funds managed by Astarra, the responsible entity, Trio Capital, revealed it had little, if any, insight into the Astarra Strategic Fund's special-purpose vehicle in the British Virgin Islands - through which it claims to invest nearly all of its $118 million of funds.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Australia,

Tue Oct 20, 2009

The Age

ASIC clamps Trio funds

THE AUSTRALIAN Securities and Investments Commission yesterday issued an urgent interim stop order forcing Trio Capital - until recently known as Astarra Capital - to remove the product disclosure statements for its Astarra Managed Funds from its website.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, 9, Central America

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Trinidad Guardian

UTC hires receiver for US$1.5b development

The Unit Trust Corporation last week pulled the plug on a US$1.5 billion development in the Turks & Caicos Islands, placing a five-star resort there into receivership because it had failed to meet payments on a loan from the local financial institution.

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Related Topix: Turks and Caicos Islands, Central America, World News

Fri Oct 16, 2009

PR-inside.com

First Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire 100% of Acquma...

First Corporation announces it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Acquma Holdings Limited.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Science / Technology, GPS

Guardian Unlimited

Scandal of empty London mansions

Empty property in Mayfair, London. There are 3,000 empty properties in Westminster, London, an increasing number of which are bveing squatted.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom Travel, Travel, Essex County, England, United Kingdom, World News, London, United Kingdom Travel, Greater London County, England, British Virgin Islands Travel, Central America

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Broward Palm Beach New Times

Family Returns After More Than a Year at Sea

In March 2008, the Forlini family launched their 42-foot catamaran from Fort Lauderdale.

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Related Topix: Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami Metro, World News, Central America

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