Search results for: “offshore”
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A word of caution on Panama banks and offshore accounts
Dateline: Managua, Nicaragua In the movie Blow, Johnny Depp plays Pablo Escobar’s largest cocaine trafficker during the boom era of the 1980s. At one point,…
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Why offshore banking in Latvia is the new hotspot
Dateline: Chicago, United States I’m spending a few days with business associates here in Chicago after wrapping up our Passport to Freedom event in Las…
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The Best Offshore Havens for Bank Secrecy
Last updated November 14, 2020 Bank secrecy has long been a target of international groups opposed to offshore tax havens. The argument goes that if…
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They always had a second passport and offshore gold waiting
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand I’ve often said that I love spending time in Asia for one simple reason. While I love the big cities, the…
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Laws of motion and the history of offshore tax havens
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia In 1687, English mathematician Isaac Newton released his latest, and perhaps most widely known, findings. The Laws of Motion proposed…
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Offshore banking options shrink as another Isle of Man bank closes
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia I have an appointment at the US consulate here in Phnom Penh today. I fully expect to be subjected to…
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The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program: how to get screwed
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam In 1725, a Swedish man sat in the bedroom of his mansion, gun to his head. He was…
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Scare tactics the IRS uses to discourage offshore banking
I spent this past weekend at the Liberty Mastermind conference in Dallas, it was half-jokingly suggested that the organizers might as well have hosted a…
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Asia’s Near-Secret Haven | The Labuan Offshore Company
Last updated March 5, 2020 Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I’m sitting at the Kuala Lumpur Airport Low-Cost Carrier Terminal, and directly in my view out…
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The IRS and your (non) right to privacy when banking offshore
Reporting from: Lapu Lapu, Philippines We already know that your money has no fifth amendment protections. The government can force you to testify against yourself…