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Monday, June 25, 2018

Investigative journalism changes countless lives


“I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.” 

– Warren Buffett

Paul Davis On Crime: My Washington Times Review of 'Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured The World's Most-Wanted Drug Lord'



LOOK, THERE’S NO HARD-AND-FAST RULE that mandates books by world leaders need to be tree-murdering, anti-democratic power fantasies farmed out to struggling ghostwriters by self-obsessed corporate shills concerned with driving up the price of speaking engagements

 How Novelist Steven Galloway Was Smeared as a Rapist, Even as the Case Against Him Collapsed
It sure looks like Border Patrol is using anti-terror passenger databases to track journalists.

↩︎ Huffington Post
For Our Rulers, Smearing A Dissident Journalist Is As Good As Killing Him Caitlin Johnstone 



Meet The World’s Top Art Forgery Detective



The field of scientific art conservation is not a crowded one; James Martin, who set up the first for-profit art lab in the US, has been consulted in nearly every major fraud case in the past 25 years, often working alongside the FBI or other investigators. When he is described as the premier forensic detective working in art today, the accolade comes not only from people such as John Cahill, a New York lawyer who has managed dozens of art transactions, and who called Martin “hands-down the best in the business,” but also from those on the other side of the fence, so to speak.



Lloyds under pressure as HBOS fraud report is published Guardian (Richard Smith). Smith: “Lloyds HBOS bomb finally goes off. Giant fraud, giant fraud coverup – just about everyone is alleged to be implicated: HBOS directors, Lloyds directors, FCA, KPMG…” Thread with excerpts from a nastygram to Lloyds, with an NC mention:





“Meaningful goals should require sacrifice… otherwise they wouldn’t be meaningful.”… 

 


‘At least during the internment …’ are words I thought I’d never utter
"I was sent to a camp at just 5 years old -- but even then, they didn't separate children from families." (Foreign Policy)

How anti-Immigration passion was inflamed from the fringe
"Jeff Sessions and Stephen Miller once shouted from the sidelines. Now they’re the driving force behind the policy separating immigrant children from parents." (NYT)
 


Investigative journalism changes
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Gain a rare insider insight into investigative journalism and how senior journalists structure a compelling investigative project. These stories can resonate around the globe and change countless lives, from exposing cancer clusters to global investigations such as the Panama Papers.
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New research shows cashless is already king
Cash payments are fast becoming a thing of the past. New research shows that the ease and security of waving a card, phone or even your wrist instead of carrying around cash is more popular than ever.
  


Assurance and governance for large super funds – ATO perspective
Speech by Deputy Commissioner James O’Halloran and Assistant Commissioner Graham Whyte, at the KPMG quarterly super update sessions, in Melbourne on 28 May 2018 and in Sydney on 4 June 2018.




Why more data access can provide a new regulatory response
Could the new consumer data right mark a change in regulatory strategy for the financial services industry?

How a humanities degree will serve you in a disruptive economy
VIEWPOINT:  These are the essential skills sought by the most successful organisations. And this is how you can acquire them.

Foreign buyer crackdown misses many property deals, says audit


Analysis undertaken by the Australian National Audit Office has found the federal government's crackdown on foreign investors in residential ...

DAMIEN CAVE. Blurred lines between journalists and what we cover.


2 June 2018

As soon as I made eye contact with the smiling woman in the Doctors Without Borders T-shirt on a busy Sydney street, I knew I’d be asked for money or a signature. And I knew I’d say no.
“I’m a foreign correspondent for The New York Times,” I told her. “I can’t really help because at some point, somewhere, there’s a good chance I may cover what you do.”
I always feel bad trying to explain journalistic detachment in such moments, and I often get looks of confusion in response. 
 
The Fall of Mossack Fonseca: New Panama Papers Leak Reveals Firm’s Chaotic Scramble To Identify Clients, Save Business Amid Global Fallout ICIJ
See also: The Panama Papers: The Aftermath OCCRP

Success: European Parliament calls for tough legislative changes after money laundering scandals Sven Giegold

Tax, Welfare and Inequality International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)

Africa: “Gender Equality Financing is lost through Illicit Financial Flows” Global Alliance for Tax Justice

IMF has large brain and tiny conscience, says UN poverty expert calling for urgent change United Nations Human Rights – Office of the High Commissioner

Cobham: The United States is the greatest threat within the world of financial secrecy ojo-publico (In Spanish)
Interview with TJN.s chief executive Alex Cobham

Kenya’s ‘Budget for the Rich’ Pushes Poor to the Brink – Campaigners allAfrica / Thomson Reuters Foundation

Multinationals move $16bn from Australia to tax havens each year The Guardian

Apple’s systematic EU tax dodging exposed by new study GUE/NGL

British Financier Under Investigation for Tax Fraud Owned $56 Million in Dubai Properties OCCRP

Study: Tax Havens and Limited Regulation Increase Risk for Shareholders NC State News

European Parliament orders McDonald’s to make unprecedented third appearance before Committee probing tax avoidance EPSU
See also: McDonald’s summoned by European Tax Committee economia

Cryptocurrencies: looking beyond the hype Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Major Crypto Exchanges Face Action Over Money-Laundering Fears CoinDesk

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