October 1, 2020
FPO – How I Came to Offshore
I didn’t discover the world of offshore and kleptocracy myself. It was my sister, Darcy Tuttle, who first explained it to me. Her work got her interested in the details...
September 1, 2020
It’s Not Them, It’s Us
The way to defeat crooks is not to join them but to fight them relentlessly, to fight without mercy or quarter. Those words, uttered by U.S. Congressman Wright Patman in...
September 1, 2020
The United States of Anonymity
At this point, it should come as no surprise that the U.S. is arguably the largest offshore and financial secrecy haven in the world. Look at any of the traditional...
September 1, 2020
Whistleblowing, Vital to Combatting Offshore
Whistleblowers are vital to revealing and combatting illegal offshoring activity, and to identifying the networks of “respectable” white collar enablers who make these crimes possible. What Martin Woods, who blew...
September 1, 2020
How Offshores Are Bringing Russia to Its Knees
No country has used offshores more than Russia. In many ways, offshore companies have become integral parts of the Russian economy. After all, Russia was, if not the inventor, then...
September 1, 2020
Ukraine: Between Offshore and Russia – Tough Neighborhood
Ukraine is corrupt. To be sure, many Ukrainians are fighting corruption, including the Anticorruption Action Centre, the NGO that I lead. But they cannot do it alone, because Ukraine’s corruption...
September 1, 2020
Georgia: Behind the Offshore Veil
Offshore companies are one of the most important, if not the only, way for businesses to acquire investment capital in Georgia. Between 2010 and 2018 Georgia received more than $5...
