Germany to ‘tighten screws’ on tax havens

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Series Details 23.2.08
Publication Date 23/02/2008
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Germany plans to 'tighten the screws' on Europe’s tax havens, the country’s finance minister vowed on the 22 February 2008 amid a growing global government backlash against financial centres with bank secrecy rules that foster tax evasion.

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BBC News, 22.2.08: Liechtenstein fury at German tax snoop http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7259913.stm
LGT Group: Data theft 2002: Information for the clients and the media http://www.lgt.com/en/wir_ueber_uns/datendiebstahl_2002/index.html
Deutsche Welle, 23.2.08: Germany Wants Broader Tax-Haven Crackdown in Europe http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3145459,00.html

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