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Alex Cobham @alexcobham@mastodon.social Profile picture
@alexcobham
Jan 30, 2018 • 77 tweets • 40 min read • Read on X
So... It's out! The Financial Secrecy Index 2018, the @TaxJusticeNet ranking of secrecy jurisdictions globally financialsecrecyindex.com
(I'll thread some of the #FSI2018 media coverage here)
First up, our great friends at @ICIJorg : icij.org/blog/2018/01/u…
#FSI2018
Great Guardian piece from @davidtpegg, highlighting #FSI2018 call for a UN convention theguardian.com/business/2018/…
From Norway via @TJNNorge, Aftenposten on #FSI2018 aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/gP0b…
From Germany, @SZ on #FSI2018 sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/ste…
From Israel, #FSI2018 calcalist.co.il/world/articles…
Bloomberg @business on #FSI2018 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
(#leftleaning?)
From Ghana, @GhBusinessNews on #FSI2018 ghanabusinessnews.com/2018/01/30/swi…
More from Germany - @SPIEGELONLINE on #FSI2018 spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soz…
Here's @AlJazeera on #FSI2018 aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/s…
And @Reuters on #FSI2018: uk.reuters.com/article/us-fin…
Malta Today on #FSI2018: maltatoday.com.mt/business/busin…
Not forgetting Malta's Independent: independent.com.mt/articles/2018-… #FSI2018
#FSI2018 long read from Belgium's Knack - @KristofClerix knack.be/nieuws/wereld/…
From Italy, @sole24ore on #FSI2018:
Paradisi fiscali: Svizzera, Usa e Cayman i più opachi. Italia promossa in trasparenza ilsole24ore.com/art/mondo/2018…
Luxembourg's @lequotidien on #FSI2018: Le Luxembourg dans le top 10 du classement mondial sur l’opacité financière lequotidien.lu/economie/le-lu…
Οι Έλληνες προτιμούν τις offshore στις Βρετανικές Παρθένους Νήσους... αλλά κρύβονται στα παραδείσια Κέιμαν news247.gr/eidiseis/oikon… #FSI2018
From @swissinfo_en: Switzerland ranked ‘global capital of bank secrecy’
swissinfo.ch/eng/tax-justic… #FSI2018
From Denmark, via @phdskat - @politiken on #FSI2018 politiken.dk/udland/art6316…
From country #2 on the #FSI2018, the @WSJ: blogs.wsj.com/riskandcomplia…
And in Argentina, @LANACION lanacion.com.ar/2104994-suiza-…. #FSI2018
AFP / La Presse, Canada on #FSI2018 lapresse.ca/affaires/econo…
AFP / Yahoo on #FSI2018
yahoo.com/news/us-climbs…
Toronto Star on #FSI2018
thestar.com/news/gta/2018/…
Rethread
Le Monde
mobile.lemonde.fr/economie/artic…
Wyborcza, Poland:
biqdata.wyborcza.pl/biqdata/7,1591… #FSI2018
Dinheiro Vivo, Portugal
dinheirovivo.pt/banca/eua-ja-o… #fsi2018
Taiwan, ranked 8th in #FSI2018 tw.appledaily.com/new/realtime/2…
From west Africa, Ouestaf on #fsi2018: ouestaf.com/Secret-bancair…
Deutsche Welle - Germany, #7 on #fsi2018
m.dw.com/en/germany-in-…
Taiwan News - #8 on #fsi2018
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3352315
Radio New Zealand on #fsi2018
radionz.co.nz/news/business/…
Sydney Morning Herald: Australia is a haven for illicit funds #fsi2018
smh.com.au/business/the-e…
Expansión, Mexico on #FSI2018
expansion.mx/economia/2018/…
Der Standard, Germany - #7 on #FSI2018
derstandard.de/story/20000733…
BusinessTech, South Africa - #50 on #FSI2018
businesstech.co.za/news/finance/2…
Belgium's De Tijd - #53 on #FSI2018:
tijd.be/ondernemen/alg…
Guernsey Press - #10 in #FSI2018 (mainly sharing this for the outraged comments) guernseypress.com/news/2018/01/3…
Spain #52 on #FSI2018, La Celosia
lacelosia.com/tax-justice-co…
Nachrichten, Austria - #35 on #FSI2018:
nachrichten.at/nachrichten/wi…
LaSexta, Spanish TV - #52 on #FSI2018
lasexta.com/noticias/nacio…
Taz, Germany - #7 on #FSI2018
taz.de/Ergebnis-des-n…
Die Zeit, Germany - #7 on #FSI2018 and 'even ahead of the Bahamas'
zeit.de/wirtschaft/201…
Le Temps, Switzerland - #1 on #FSI2018, "en tête du classement des paradis fiscaux"
letemps.ch/economie/2018/…
Die Presse, Austria - # on #FSI2018
diepresse.com/home/wirtschaf…
"Nicht nur Palmen werfen Schatten", not only palm trees cast shadows! Thanks to @AttacAustria
Ardina, Portugal - #55 on #FSI2018
ardina.news/article/2018_0…
Weiner Zeitung, Austria - In the shadow of the Matterhorn #FSI2018
wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/we…
Kurier, Austria - #35 on #FSI2018 due to 'Ministry of Finance resistance'
kurier.at/wirtschaft/exp…
Die Tagespost: Jesuit mission criticises Germany -#7 on #FSI2018
die-tagespost.de/politik/Jesuit…
Pagina 12, Argentina - the 'first world' hiding places of Argentinian money
pagina12.com.ar/92619-guaridas…
La Prensa, Panama - #12 in #FSI2018 with small scale but high secrecy
impresa.prensa.com/economia/Suiza…
El Expres, Mexico - #82 on #FSI2018
elexpres.com/2015/nota.php?…
Ultima Hora, Ecuador
ultimahoraec.com/ee-uu-es-el-se…
Maldives Independent - #94 on #FSI2018
maldivesindependent.com/crime-2/maldiv…
Cayman News leads on the US (#2) overtaking Cayman (#3) in #FSI2018 caymannewsservice.com/2018/01/us-ove…
Interesting Irish Times oped on #FSI2018 - Ireland #26
irishtimes.com/business/econo…
Business Hilights, Nigeria on the risks revealed by #FSI2018
businesshilights.com.ng/anxiety-over-a…
L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon - #11 on #fsi2018
lorientlejour.com/article/109782…
Huff Post Morocco - unranked on #fsi2018 but interesting analysis
m.huffpost.com/mg/entry/19122…
El Tiempo, Colombia (also unranked on #fsi2018)
m.eltiempo.com/economia/secto…
From the #2 on #fsi2018, @politico picks up an important feature of US' one-way secrecy
politico.com/newsletters/mo…
Philippines Inquirer - #40 on #fsi2018
business.inquirer.net/245113/ph-rank…
Times of India - #32 on #fsi2018 - highlights relative rankings of Mauritius, Singapore
m.timesofindia.com/business/india…
Talking of Singapore - #5 on #fsi2018 - here's Today Online:
todayonline.com/singapore/sing…
Hong Kong Business - #4 in #fsi2018
hongkongbusiness.hk/financial-serv…
From Economia in the UK - #23 on #FSI2018 but responsible for the biggest global secrecy network
economia.icaew.com/en/news/januar…
Delano, Luxembourg - #6 on #FSI2018:
delano.lu/d/detail/news/…
Galway Daily, Ireland - #26 on #FSI2018: MEP @mattcarthy supports @TaxJusticeNet call for a UN convention against financial secrecy
galwaydaily.com/news/midlands-…
BVI News - British Virgin Islands ranked #16 on #FSI2018
bvinews.com/new/poor-bvi-1…
Daily Times, Macau - #22 on #FSI2018
macaudailytimes.com.mo/financial-secr…
Wort, Luxembourg - #6 on #FSI2018 - with a really impressive follow-up piece, laying out all the data to show just why that ranking was received
wort.lu/fr/economie/cl…
Portugal News - #64 on #FSI2018
theportugalnews.com/news/madeira-6…
Manx Radio - Isle of Man #42 in #FSI2018
manxradio.com/news/isle-of-m…
A strident *supportive* oped from Panama, #12 on #FSI2018
prensa.com/opinion/Parais…
And some strident criticism on Cayman 27 TV - getting two different ministers on camera to object to ranking #3 on #FSI2018
cayman27.ky/2018/02/minist…
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Alex Cobham @alexcobham@mastodon.social Profile picture
Aug 30, 2018
“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.”

Longish thread on the shutting down of journalism (and whistleblowing) that makes people uncomfortable…
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When @TaxJusticeNet was getting started in the early 2000s, @jechristensen56 and others were opening up a whole new area
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A big win for the corporate secrecy lobbyists, as Germany moves to block public country-by-country reporting at the EU taxjustice.net/2018/07/13/why… via @taxjusticenet
Context: the European Commission position, and the European Parliament's superior amendments, were awaiting the member states to join the trialogue and agree the specifics of public country-by-country reporting. But Germany has now moved to prevent this.
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Here's a critique of the UK database entries of our Financial Secrecy Index, from a lawyer at Clifford Chance - one of the world's ten biggest law firms (per Wikipedia). And what follows is a response on the points raised.
To begin, we really value expert feedback. We had a nearly two-year review process before the Jan.2018 release, which we were delighted to find brought in a great many stakeholders, including experts, users and subject jurisdiction policymakers..
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