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Thursday, July 24th, 2008All around us, we see attacks on financial privacy. It might be easy to despair. To think that the right to financial privacy is a thing of the past. Hot on the heels of the latest UBS scandal in the US that I wrote about a few days ago, come press releases from the UK [...]
UBS withdraw from US market – Nothing Surprising
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Only a couple of days ago I commented on the case going on in the US at the moment involving UBS, the international banking giant headquartered in Switzerland. Today, more news emerged. UBS publicly apologized to the US senate for helping Americans avoid taxes. Furthermore, they promised to cease providing offshore banking services to [...]
Second Passports via Residence and Naturalization
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008No need to preach to the converted, but an internationalist approach is good for your freedom. And you can’t get much more internationalist than holding multiple citizenships.
My colleague Joe B. Gonzalez has recently updated the free content on the Q Wealth Report site with a series of three articles, including one that covers two of [...]
Analysis of the Recent US Attacks on Swiss Banking
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008The US Department of Justice recently filed papers in a US Court seeking to allow the IRS to ask for what is known as a John Doe Summons, otherwise known as a ‘fishing expedition.’
They claim a violation of US law migt have occurred and are thereforeasking the court to let them get into Swiss bank [...]
Saint Vincent and Grenadines Updates International Banking Law
Friday, July 11th, 2008St Vincent and Grenadines, in the Caribbean, has just improved and secured its offshore banking industry, by reducing the possibility of outside interference.
Long term readers of this blog will be aware that we sometimes recommend St Vincent and Grenadines as a good jurisdiction for IBCs and offshore banking. We have good contacts with lawyers there, [...]