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In being grey listed South Africa joins a list of countries with poor governance. Others are war zones or countries with jihadist terror groupings operating on their land.
Raymond W. Baker says the estimated hundreds of billions of dollars in hidden wealth a decade ago has skyrocketed to trillions today.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has convinced his cabinet to back major pokie reforms, and they will be a vast improvement on the current situation.
South Africans are actively challenging the criminalisation of the state. Many of the revelations about fraud, corruption and nepotism come from principled whistle-blowers within the state.
The new book is structured around apartheid profiteers, war profiteers, state capture profiteers, welfare profiteers, failing auditors, conspiring consultants and bad lawyers.
The impeachment process could derail Ramaphosa’s political career and seriously hurt the governing ANC’s electoral prospects in 2024.
South Africa has long been seen as deficient in dealing with terrorism financing.
While the overwhelming majority of charities are legitimate, looking into a charity before supporting it can help you avoid supporting scams and make better-informed decisions.
Australian governments appear to implicitly accept that illegality comes with the territory of legal casinos.
The British courts will now have longer to investigate and can target companies that own properties in questionable arrangements. But key issues remain unresolved.
A judicial commission has found that the Guptas orchestrated massive corruption and the capture of the South African state, with the help of their friend, former president Jacob Zuma.
Research suggests punishing tax cheats can re-establish a sense of justice among the general public, so authorities should use their resources to ensure culpable offenders are held accountable.
Whether the Victorian royal commission leads to a more responsible gambling industry depends on the recommendations the state government has kicked down the road.
It’s become hard to tell where avoidance stops and evasion starts. Tax havens enable both.
Highly compensated ‘enablers’ such as financial experts, lawyers, accountants, notaries, estate agents and company service providers are assisting oligarchs, dictators and criminals around the world.
Countries have adopted a wide array of measures involving a proliferation of fraud agencies.
There is a growing trend to import another Americanism into the Canadian anti-money laundering strategy: a whistleblower incentive program that would amount to bounty hunting for violations.
The royal commission needs to report back by August. This is an ambitious timeline.
Crown Resorts has been told to delay opening its Barangaroo casino until NSW regulators decide if it is fit to hold the casino licence.
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