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EU commissioner sees support for tax haven clamp-down (AFP)

AFP - EU Tax Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs said Wednesday he saw support among finance ministers in the bloc to broaden out rules against tax dodgers who stash cash in offshore accounts.

Former UBS banker indicted in U.S. tax evasion case
A one-count federal indictment in Florida accuses Bradley Birkenfeld of helping a developer evade taxes on $200 million held in bank accounts in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Pop Tarts: Producer Offers Chelsea and Hillary Clinton $1 Million to Appear in Music Video
LOS ANGELES Los Angeles-based music producer Al Walser (a Goodwill Ambassador for the tiny principality of Liechtenstein, who was brought to the States by Michael Jacksons family and previously resided in their Encino, Calif., compound) is a former

France and Germany to step up drive against evasion
France and Germany want G7 finance ministers to mandate the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to revisit its blacklist of tax havens, in an effort to step up the momentum against tax evasion in the wake of Germany's big Liechtenstein

Details of a points-based immigration system for skilled workers coming to Britain from outside Europe will be announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on Tuesday.
The new rules will come in to force in the autumn and will apply to job seekers from outside the 30-nation European Economic Area (the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). Skilled workers such as teachers and engineers will have to

15 Countries Named as Potential Money-Laundering Havens
Financial Action Task Force, body created by Group of 7 wealthy countries to fight money laundering, names 15 countries and territories as potential havens for ill-gotten wealth; they are Israel, Philippines, Russia, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Dominica, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Panama, St Kitts and Nevis and St Vincent and the Grenadines

Four Tried in Germany for Blackmailing Liechtenstein Bank
Four men have gone on trial in Germany for blackmailing the Liechtenstein bank LLB with threats to reveal compromising data on over 2,300 bank customers suspected of tax evasion.

Liechtenstein tax row prompts EU directive revision: commissioner (AFP)

AFP - The tax evasion row surrounding Liechtenstein prompted the European Union to revise an anti-tax evasion directive, EU Finance Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs said in an interview published Saturday.

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