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Major countries strike hard against offshore centers

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Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados
Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cyprus Dominica Fraud Government & Politicians Grenada Malta Mauritius San Marino St. Kitts & Nevis St. Vincent & the Grenadines Tax Turks & Caicos Islands
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Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering Financial Stability Forum Harmful Tax Competition OECD
The high stakes poker game between onshore and offshore governments lost six players recently but another 35 have 12 months to decide whether the OECD is bluffing with the threat of sanctions.Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Malta, Mauritius and San Marino have all signed an 'Advanced Letter of Commitment' agreeing to co-operate with international tax investigations.
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    David Marchant

    David Marchant is the founder, owner, and editor of OffshoreAlert. He is a career journalist who has lived and worked in Wales, England, Bermuda, and the USA. Since launching OffshoreAlert in 1997, he has exposed more than 175 investment fraud and money laundering schemes and helped law enforcement, regulators, and asset recovery specialists imprison, discipline, and seize the assets of those responsible. Fraudsters have sued for defamation in Canada, Cayman Islands, England, Grenada, Panama, and the United States, with several plaintiffs subsequently going to prison, including one for 17 years. He has appeared in TV shows and movie documentaries, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, American Greed, We're Not Broke, and The Price We Pay, and been quoted or referenced in countless news articles, books, and reports.