Institutional Corruption and Avoidance of Taxation: Final VIRTEU Roundtable

Reject Prior Success

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Over the past 12 months Covid-19 has curtailed countless business activities, but not money laundering. The UN estimates some $1.6tn is laundered every year, and authorities say lockdown measures have presented criminals with even greater opportunities to commit offences. But why is this, and what are countries doing to fight back?

How the pandemic has fuelled money laundering I FT

Facebook’s fact-checking partners in Australia are blocked from posting on their own pages but can still assess content for the platform

Fact-checkers warn that Facebook's media ban will impact the informational ecosystem as Australia starts its COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Panama Papers Produces Another Plea and Conviction, Previously Sealed 

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (“ICIJ”) has this release announcing the plea, conviction and sentencing of a person, Joachim Alexander von der Goltz, implicated in the Panama Papers disclosures.  As reported, this is the third person brought to justice pursuant to the Panama Papers disclosures.  One of the others convicted was Joachim Alexander’s father, Harald Joachim Von Der Goltz.

Spain’s Labor Office Hit by Massive Ransomware Attack As Unemployment Hits Four-Year High

The victims of this latest ransomware attack are among the most vulnerable in society — those who have lost their jobs or whose jobs have been furloughed.  

VIRTEU Roundtable #3: Whistleblowing, Reporting, and Auditing in the area of taxation

by Diane Ring We do not yet live in a world in which taxpayer compliance can simply be assumed. Instead, we must rely on the interplay of reporting requirements, internal and external auditing, and ultimately whistleblowing, to help ensure compliance with the tax system. How do they fit … Continue reading →

The Sports World Is Run by Crooks. It’s Time To Change the Rules of the Game. Jacobin

Institutional Corruption and Avoidance of Taxation: Final VIRTEU Roundtable

By Diane Ring The most recent Roundtable session in the series of four VIRTEU [Vat fraud Interdisciplinary Research on Tax crimes in the European Union] sessions this spring focused on the limited success we have seen with the formal regimes of gatekeepers tasked with ensuring that taxpayers … Continue reading →

One of the World’s Most Successful — and Different — Philosophers, Martha Nussbaum Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize, Nussbaum Uses Berggruen Winnings to Fund Discussions on Challenging Issues, Nussbaum Receives The “Highest Honor” Federal Gov’t Bestows for Humanities, Martha Nussbaum Wins Kyoto Prize, Nussbaum Wins Quinn Prize, Martha Nussbaum Cuts Her Own Hair