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Moneysupermarket founder to move to Jersey
Move by Simon Nixon likely to spark fresh concern about tax avoidance by British businesspeople and multinational firmsJersey – you're sooo moneysupermarket.com. The island of Jersey is expected to be...
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Brazilian businessman hid taxpayers' millions in Jersey bank account
Former São Paulo mayor Paulo Maluf took bribes while commissioning public construction works, St Helier court rulesOne of Brazil's richest and most powerful men has been found guilty of stealing...
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Jersey puts stop to vulture funds circling its courts
Creditors had used island to sue debt-ridden nations, with latest case involving Democratic Republic of the CongoPoliticians in Jersey have voted to ban so-called vulture funds from using the island's...
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Britain cracks down on its offshore tax havens
Channel Islands and Isle of Man will be among those ordered to reveal names behind hidden accountsRadical plans to force the UK's tax havens to reveal the names behind hidden companies, account holders...
View ArticleOffshore secrets: where is Sarah Petre-Mears? - video
James Ball travels to Nevis searching for Sarah Petre-Mears, who on paper controls more than 1,200 companiesJames BallKen MacfarlaneMariana SantosMustafa KhaliliAlex HealeyMark McCormick
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Sham directors: the woman running 1,200 companies from a Caribbean rock
In name, Sarah Petre-Mears runs a global empire. In reality it is a sham, an offshore network of porn sites and luxury property vehicles linked by PO boxes and letter dropsAt the age of 38,...
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The 'Sark Lark' Britons scattered around the world
From the Caribbean to Cyprus, former Channel islanders are taking money to disguise the ownership of thousands of companiesMany Britons who make a living from "the signing", as they call it, originate...
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Offshore secrets: information sharing
Jersey's chief minister says Channel Islands and overseas territories discussing agreement modelled on US arrangementsThe UK government is exploring whether it can force the British Virgin Islands and...
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Panorama confronts the Barclay brothers with tax revelations
Tonight's Panorama will surely enrage the notoriously touchy Barclay boys. Sirs David and Frederick Barclay are media tycoons who like to stay out of the media spotlight.Often described as reclusive,...
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Play.com closes retail business as VAT loophole closed
Online retailer makes move following the UK government's closure of a loophole allowing it to sell VAT-free CDs and DVDs from the Channel IslandsOnline retailer Play.com is to shut down its retail...
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Bayeux tapestry completed by group of Alderney residents
Channel Islanders recreate missing section thought by historians to show coronation of William the ConquerorThe final panels of the Bayeux tapestry featuring the coronation of William the Conqueror and...
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Snow blows spring back as icy weather returns to UK
Watch out, daffodils, house martins and commuters: freezing conditions, Met Office warnings and rail chaos are here againSnow and icily low temperatures have returned to the UK in force, with blizzards...
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Ray Bitar, Full Tilt Poker founder, strikes deal with US prosecutors
Ray Bitar who was charged with bank fraud, money laundering and online gambling offences faced a jail sentence of 65 yearsRay Bitar, the online poker tycoon who ran the world's second largest poker...
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David Cameron writes to Britain's tax havens, calling for transparency
PM urges havens to 'get our own houses in order' before G8 summit in June, where he claims tax avoidance will be a priorityDavid Cameron has written to the leaders of Britain's offshore tax havens...
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Drug baron told to pay £185m – or face a further 10 years in jail
Court in Jersey orders convicted criminal to part with his illicit fortune – or it will extend his prison sentenceOne of Britain's most notorious drug smugglers has been told to pay £185m – or face...
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Curtis 'Cocky' Warren: 'If the keepers of the keys aren't right, nothing is'
He is Britain's most notorious drug dealer and once headed Interpol's target list. In his first ever interview, he tells Helen Pidd at his prison in Jersey that he is 'anti-drugs', hasn't squirrelled...
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Plane in search for Jersey dinghy makes crash landing
People on board walk away safely after plane lands in field in St Mary, in north of islandA plane has made a crash landing after getting into difficulties while taking part in a search operation for...
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Former Jersey minister Stuart Syvret to be jailed over blog allegations
Former Channel Islands politician sentenced to three months in prison for refusing to take down 'highly defamatory' articlesJersey's former health minister has been sentenced to three months in prison...
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Drug smuggler Curtis Warren ordered to pay £198m by Jersey court
Former Liverpool bouncer, who is only drug smuggler on Sunday Times Rich List, given Europe's biggest confiscation orderA Jersey court has ordered Curtis Warren to pay £198m after the drug dealer...
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Sark tensions 'harming island's future' says report
Justice committee says divisions between new parliament and Barclay brothers is harming stability of SarkThe tiny island of Sark, car-free and verdant, feels like it ought to be a haven of tranquillity...
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