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Putin Shrugs off Panama Papers

Posted April 6th, 2016 at 12:28 pm (UTC-5)
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By Barbara Slavin The massive leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm that specialized in setting up offshore tax shelters has rattled world political leaders and claimed at least one victim. Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson was forced to step aside following a public uproar over an offshore company he created just before his country’s […]

Cleaning Up the World: End Dirty Money

Posted April 4th, 2016 at 10:51 am (UTC-5)
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The only people who use holding companies that make true ownership a secret are people who have something to hide. It is not a stretch to say that they may well be acting against the public interest.