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Daphne Caruana Galizia: Car-bomb murder of Maltese journalist 'an attack on free press and democracy'
Panama papers - bomb kills reporter in Malta
The Register: “Two members of the US House of Representatives today introduced a law bill that would allow hacking victims to seek revenge and hack the hackers who hacked them. The Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act (ACDC) [PDF] amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make limited retaliatory strikes against cyber-miscreants legal in America for the first time. The bill would allow hacked organizations to venture outside their networks to identify an intruder and infiltrate their systems, destroy any data that had been stolen, and deploy “beaconing technology” to trace the physical location of the attacker. “While it doesn’t solve every problem, ACDC brings some light into the dark places where cybercriminals operate,” said co-sponsor Representative Tom Graves (R-GA). “The certainty the bill provides will empower individuals and companies use new defenses against cybercriminals. I also hope it spurs a new generation of tools and methods to level the lopsided cyber battlefield, if not give an edge to cyber defenders. We must continue working toward the day when it’s the norm – not the exception – for criminal hackers to be identified and prosecuted.”
- “I never thought of it this way. It’s basically the cyber version of being allowed to murder someone for entering your property.” https://t.co/vu1TxqQIMK — MalwareTech (@MalwareTechBlog) October 13, 2017
ARN uncovers emerging start-ups using smart technologies to change the face of the channel in Australia Meet the realsmartest tech start ups in Australia
- On the Hustle! 100 BBC stars face HMRC probe after taxman lands self-employed actor Robert Glenister with a £147,547 bill for 10 years of National Insurance contributions (16 Oct 2017)
- Labour takes aim at tax havens as £13TRILLION of UK firms' assets are offshore(16 Oct 2017)
- EU Watchdog warns City on using shell companies to access EU (16 Oct 2017)
- Money can travel the globe virtually without restriction, in search of regulations that are weaker and labour that is cheaper (16 Oct 2017)
- Ladbrokes Takes $95M Tax Case to UK's Second-Highest Court (16 Oct 2017)
- HMRC consults on simplification of group relief for carried-forward (16 Oct 2017)
- Buried Treasure: How Much Is Hidden in Tax Havens? (16 Oct 2017)
Revealed: Why 800000 people pay a higher tax rate than someone who earns £1m (16 Oct 2017) - HMRC: Huge majority of UK tax tribunal appeals fail, research finds (16 Oct 2017)
- Americans are slashing their taxes as expats overseas (16 Oct 2017)
- HMRC wins on non-notification of £110m tax avoidance scheme (16 Oct 2017)
- Read the court judgement: Root2tax Ltd and Root3tax Ltd v Revenue and Customs (INCOME TAX/CORPORATION TAX : Anti-avoidance) [2017] UKFTT 696 (TC) (11 September 2017) (16 Oct 2017) <>
- Africa robbed of $50bn via treaties, weak tax laws (16 Oct 2017)
- Neoliberals have not learnt anything: Over-regulation and unnecessary taxes are bleeding Britons dry(16 Oct 2017)
- Tourism tax could be devastating, warn UK industry figures (16 Oct 2017)
- HMRC predicts £110m recovery from tax avoidance scheme promoter (16 Oct 2017)
- Who cleans up Scotland's shell firm mess? (16 Oct 2017)
- Danish bank accused of Russia money laundering (16 Oct 2017)
- Excluding corporate tax avoidance from definitions of illicit financial flows with undermine progress (16 Oct 2017)
- One of Britain's richest men inherits billions and avoids paying inheritance taxes(13 Oct 2017)
Netflix Defends $500 Million Canadian Investment: “No Tax Deals Were Part Of The Approval” (13 Nov 2017) - Netflix and eBay find the holes in the UK tax net (13 Oct 2017)
- HMRC: The UK tax collector has paid informants nearly £2 million since 2013(13 Oct 2017)
- Strict liability offence for offshore tax evaders to apply in UK from 2017/18 tax (13 Oct 2017)
- Panama Papers and UK: After 18 months 66 investigations, 4 arrests, no prosecutions, no test cases (13 Oct 2017)
- Panama Papers: UK made no contact with EU Cttee investigating it since Feb 2017 (13 Oct 2017)
- Bribes for public services rife in Latin America and the Caribbean (13 Oct 2017)
- US SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than a Million Dollars (13 Oct 2017)
- UK Government will not withdraw recognition for the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (it facilitated tax avoidance for BHS) (13 Oct 2017)
- UK governemnt refuses to appoint an independent inquiry into tax avoidance schemes used by BHS (13 Oct 2017)
- No action by Compaines for false information - a director filed address as 00 Via Dei 40 Landroni, Ali Babba, Italy 00100 (13 Oct 2017)
- UK government will not introduce withholding tax to combat offshore tax avoidance and evasion (13 Oct 2017)
- UK companies have paid illegal dividends by govt won't investigate (13 Oct 2017)
- A company director filed his name as The Chicken Thief and described his occupation as fraudster; no action from UK government (13 Oct 2017)
- Higher taxes for rich will not harm economic growth, says IMF(12 Oct 2017)
- Panama Papers: German authorities carry out first raids in connection with tax leaks(12 Oct 2017)
- Ebay and Netflix pay total UK tax of less than £1.9m (12 Oct 2017)
20 of America’s top political scientists gathered to discuss our democracy. They’re scared. Vox
Baby talk in any language: Shifting the timbre of our voices Science Daily