Tuesday, 10 May 2016

From Panama to London: Legal and illegal corruption require action at the UK anti-corruption summit (Daniel Kaufmann, Alexandra Gillies, Brookings)

Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi - Protestors take part in a demonstration calling on Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to resign after two members of his government were named in the Panama Papers leak scandal, outside the office of the Prime Minister in Valletta, Malta, April 10, 2016.

The leaked information in the Panama Papers from the law firm Mossack Fonseca has captured the headlines for weeks and will continue to do so as further names are exposed. The scandal has placed Panama in the limelight and provided an unprecedented glimpse into the world of hidden money and tax avoidance. To understand its broader context, it is vital that we distinguish between legal corruption, like that exposed by the Panama Papers, and illegal corruption, like that exposed by the Unaoil scandal. Governments must seize the moment to take decisive action against both.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2016/05/09-corruption-panama-papers-kaufmann-gillies

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