March 23, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – Global Financial Integrity Director Raymond Baker released the following statement ahead of the upcoming G20 summit in London.
March 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – The Government of Denmark is the newest member to join the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development, Global Financial Integrity announced this week.
March 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – Global Financial Integrity welcomed the introduction of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act.
March 12, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – International anti-corruption leader Transparency International (TI) is the newest member to join the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development, Global Financial Integrity (GFI) announced today.
February 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – The discovery of “massive and on-going fraud” at Stanford Financial Group, intensifying U.S. pressure against Swiss bank UBS, and strong words of intent to crackdown on tax havens issued Sunday by EU finance ministers are just the latest events to underscore the need to institute transparency measures in tax and financial policy.
February 5, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – Global Financial Integrity (GFI) applauds the European Commission’s adoption of measures to improve cooperation between EU member states and increase transparency in tax assessment and collection. These measures to abolish bank secrecy and foster greater cooperation between EU nations are part of wider EU efforts to crackdown on tax evaders.
January 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – As policy makers, business leaders, and institutional stakeholders convene in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, Global Financial Integrity (GFI) urges participants to call for greatly improved financial transparency and accountability.
January 22, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – Global Financial Integrity (GFI) urges Congress to institute measures requiring greater transparency following the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report stating that eighty-three of America’s 100 largest publicly traded corporations and contractors control secret offshore operations that could help them avoid paying U.S. taxes on their profits.