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Wealth doesn’t trickle down – it just floods offshore, research reveals
A far-reaching new study suggests a staggering $21tn in assets has been lost to global tax havens. If taxed, that could have been enough to put parts of Africa back on its feet – and even solve the euro crisis, writes Heather Stewart.
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Law Enforcement Seizures Misspent, Missing
Funds and property seized by Oklahoma law enforcement officials have gone missing or have been used by authorities for personal or improper purposes, state audit records reveal. By Clifton Adcock. (July 15)
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How corporations could soon escape prosecution, by buying their way out
A new era of US-style plea deals for corporate corruption moved has moved nearer after it emerged that prosecutors had begun private negotiations that could allow a small British exporter to escape prosecution for alleged bribery.
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Foreign criminals are pushing up house prices by buying expensive UK properties
The National Crime Agency is concerned by the number of homes registered to complex offshore corporations - some of which have been bought with laundered money
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[Thai] General, police among 72 indicted for human-trafficking
Prosecutors on Friday moved to indict 72 people, including a senior army officer, in a multinational human-trafficking ring revealed when dozens of bodies were unearthed in the jungles of Songkhla province.
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America’s Already-Failed Cyber War
Like the War on Drugs, cyberwarfare turns a very real problem into a money-making bureaucratic machine. By Kelley Vlahos.
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Fleecing Uncle Sam
A growing number of corporations spend more on executive compensation than federal income taxes.
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Confidential Documents: Red Cross Itself May Not Know How Millions Donated for Haiti Were Spent
The documents also raise questions about the accuracy of the Red Cross’ count of how many Haitians it helped, concluding the figures on one project were “fairly meaningless.” By Justin Elliott and Laura Sullivan.
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Republicans offer legislation defunding Planned Parenthood
Congressional Republicans began working Wednesday to defund Planned Parenthood as House Democrats called for Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the California attorney general to investigate the group that produced the undercover sting videos at the center of the controversy. Sen. Rand Paul, a GOP presidential contender, introduced an amendment to the tax code that would strip Planned Parenthood of the federal dollars it receives annually for a range of women’s health services.
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Scott Walker, first Alec president? Long ties to controversial lobby raise concern
The group’s clout has been visible in Wisconsin – and activists fear its focus on ‘corporate-friendly’ laws could influence a Walker presidency
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Thomas Libous, New York State Senator, Is Convicted of Lying to F.B.I.
As a result of his conviction, Mr. Libous, who was the second-highest-ranking Republican in the Senate, forfeits his seat. He also faces up to five years in prison.
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Why the Defense Budget is Always Underfunded
The courtiers in the Hall of Mirrors that is Versailles on the Potomac are always lining up to give a new Secretary of Defense advice on how to manage the Pentagon during the coming era of budget “constraints.” Most of this wisdom takes the form of empty platitudes... By Chuck Spinney.
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China feared CIA worked with Sheldon Adelson’s Macau casinos to snare officials
Report commissioned by Adelson’s company shows Beijing was concerned officials were gambling with public money, leaving them vulnerable to blackmail.
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Citi ordered to pay $770 million over credit card practices
Citigroup Inc's consumer bank has been ordered to pay $700 million in relief to borrowers for illegal credit card practices, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.
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Scott Walker Proposes Shutting Wisconsin Ethics Board
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin said on Monday that he wanted to eliminate the state’s Government Accountability Board, a nonpartisan agency that oversees elections, ethics, campaign finance and lobbying.
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California County Slashes Business with Criminal Too-Big-to-Fail Banks
The Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors voted to “not do new business for a period of five years with Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS. As Yves Smith pointed out, it’s only common sense “to stay away from known crooks.”
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‘There’s No Real Fight Against Drugs’
Discussing the escape of Mexico’s most notorious drug lord with an ex-cartel operative, a Mexican intelligence official, and an American counternarcotics agent.
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Elizabeth Warren’s Glass-Steagall Legislation Has Two Fatal Flaws
When it comes to sleuthing out how Wall Street has gamed the laws, conned the regulators and colluded to corrupt the whole financial system, there is no one in Congress sharper-eyed or more outspoken than Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is also exceptionally well-qualified to lead this Wall Street posse... By Pam Martens and Russ Martens.
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A very comprehensive list of what everyone needs to know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership
This article lists a lot of the downsides that the TPP entails, based on information known today.
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Thai police say London-based news outlet tampered with documents to discredit [Maylaysian PM] Najib
Thai police confirmed that a news outlet based in London had tampered with classified documents belonging to Saudi oil company PetroSaudi International with the intent of discrediting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his administration...
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