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Updates and stuff
It’s Mayday, and so a good time to write. Not much happens here in New Zealand, unlike offshore. But a few things have happened recently in the tax haven and AML situation, with the regulators actually enforcing the rules. But … Continue reading
Posted in Panama Papers, Uncategorized
Tagged Akezhan Kazhegeldin, Cone Marshall, Kazakhstan
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Anti-Money Laundering and the press in New Zealand
There is a strange advertisement that sometimes appears in the community newspapers here, at least some near Wellington. Over an attractive photo of some wilderness there is a catchphrase in largish lettering, “An Oasis For Native Species”; and in smaller … Continue reading
Posted in money laundering, tax havens, Uncategorized
Tagged Arron Banks, Cone Marshall, Keep Our Money Clean, Southern Rock
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No more Tax Haven in New Zealand?
After a bit of a break from blogging, while doing some historical research, the situation has been moving in New Zealand. A new government was elected and there certainly has been some progress, some of it has an element of … Continue reading
Posted in public finance, tax havens, Uncategorized
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Bad Apples and the ‘perfectly legal’ media
There has been a spike of interest in the blog, which is no doubt due to the media frenzy over the so-called ‘Paradise Papers’. I have been busy working on the historical aspects of tax haven activity, and not blogged … Continue reading
Posted in Paradise Ppaers, tax havens, Uncategorized
Tagged BBC, Daphne Caruana Galizia, ICIJ, Jenny Shipley, Patsy Reddy, Richard Bilton
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The Taylors Legacy: some Cypriots with a link to Belize, the Marshall Islands & Cactus Kate
The legacy of the Taylors shell company games is something of a gift that keeps giving. In this post I will look at a few more of Taylors’ New Zealand companies, the role of Cypriot directors and beyond. We will … Continue reading
Some more on the Taylor men
It seems that I can’t quite leave the notorious Taylor clan behind, but what a tangled web it was. Or perhaps still is. I will be looking more closely at Geoffrey Taylor, the father, and Michael Taylor, one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Commonwealth Trust Ltd, Panama Papers, tax havens, Uncategorized
Tagged Abaconda Management Group, Edward Petre-Mears, Geoffrey Taylor, Kellee France, Kirill Kirianytchev, Loizos Loizou, Michael Taylor, Olga Vovchenko, Sarah Petre-Mears, Sergey Koshkin, Unitrust Corporate Services
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