03/27/2017
€8 billion annual risk of money laundering
Malta's threat places it 20th out of 27 states, Pana Committee told
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03/27/2017
The Cyprus position - ESMA publishes practical guide on transparency directive major holdings notification regime
The Guide provides a summary on a country-by-country basis of the national requirements regarding the notifications of ‘major holdings’ under the national law of each Member State in accordance with the TD.
03/23/2017
Costa Rican Treasury Opens 120 Investigations for Panama Papers Connections
The Costa Rican Treasury announced today in a press conference that 79 companies and 41 individuals in Costa Rica are currently under investigation by the country’s tax agency
03/23/2017
SP asks about Corallo bribe via Fortis Bank
The question is whether the Fortis Bank neglected its legal obligation to carry out active supervision on its clients, in this case Corallo.
03/23/2017
Treasury probes offshore finances of former Trump campaign manager
It emerged that Manafort had a secret $10 million deal with a Russian billionaire that benefited Vladimir Putin.
03/23/2017
EU Battle Over New Anti-Money Laundering Law Enters Final Phase
The EU has a rare opportunity to put an end to the kind of corporate secrecy that enables the corrupt to hide their stolen assets.
03/23/2017
Chambers Global 2016 ranks Appleby as top offshore law firm
Chambers Global 2016 ranks Appleby as top offshore law firm
03/21/2017
Final pieces come together in Guernsey’s new Population Management Law jigsaw
Following a long wait, the Population Management (Guernsey) Law, 2016 is now nearly here and due to come into force on 3 April 2017. The Law overhauls the rules governing who can live in and work in Guernsey.
03/21/2017
Chambers highlight 12 notable practitioners in review of Ogier's "excellent and insightful" Cayman team
The recognition for our key lawyers in corporate, banking, dispute resolution and investment funds underlines not just their market leading reputations
03/21/2017
What the first Jersey insolvency case of its kind in 40 years means for the back door to English administration
We consider some of the salient points from the saga so far.
03/21/2017
Cayman Islands approves Legal Practitioners Law
There is also a change in the membership of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association council, which would effectively oversee local firms
03/21/2017
Walkers Ranked as Top-Tier Firm by Chambers and Partners
52 Walkers lawyers have also been ranked, an increase of ten lawyers from last year.
03/21/2017
Escaping from mistakes as to tax consequences in Guernsey – Gresh v RBC Trust Company revisited
What was the legal test set out by the Supreme Court in 2013?
03/21/2017
Chambers highlight 12 notable practitioners in review of Ogier's "excellent and insightful" Cayman team
Chambers Global undertakes thorough research and analysis of local law firms and seeks extensive client and industry feedback to determine their results.
03/21/2017
A worldwide freezing injunction sails towards the Cayman Courts – what to expect and what it
The Court imposed a freestanding injunction.
03/21/2017
Who’s Who Legal Private Funds guide released
Nominees are selected based on surveys of general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide.
03/21/2017
The cell phones had porn on them. Then the Panama Papers exposed a bribery scheme, this company says.
Koolman’s job was to buy phones from suppliers around the world for Setar to sell to consumers.
03/21/2017
A Panama Ex-President Fights Extradition From Miami Exile
So far, the U.S. hasn’t acted on the petition to turn him over, and Martinelli has kept his base in Miami, where he has a condo in a building featured in the movie “Scarface.
03/20/2017
Unfair British Pension System discriminates against Caribbean residents
They entered into reciprocal agreements with some countries.
03/20/2017
The London-France connect that led to Moin Qureshi’s dirty money
Painstakingly combining information from all six locations, investigators had been gathering documents since the summer of 2014 to expose Qureshi, who is being investigated by multiple agencies for money-laundering.