Links May 30

Africa’s riches could ‘dwarf international assistance’: NGO EurActiv

Illicit financial flows have made Africa 'a net creditor to the world' The Guardian

Semeta Says Some EU Nations Make It Too Easy To Avoid Tax Bloomberg

Swiss want their banks to break the law and reveal US tax evaders—for now Quartz
See also commentary blogged earlier

Rwanda: Make Tax Evasion a Risky Venture allAfrica

Nokia's India Tax Troubles Widen The Wall Street Journal

Korea Will Probe Chaebol Executives Named in Tax-Evasion Reports Bloomberg Businessweek

Austria out front as EU zeroes in on tax evasion The Budapest Times

Apple's dirty little tax secret - video Guardian

Apple’s Tax Dodge Should Prompt Rethink in Ireland Bloomberg

Is the OECD puffing bluff so we don’t notice there will be no real progress on tax at the G8? Tax Research UK

Mauritius Central Bank Chief: We're Not A Tax Haven The Wall Street Journal
A common theme.

Documents Show Obama Officials in Tension Over British Banks Deal%k
On the HSBC and Standard Chartered money laundering scandals

One of the World’s Largest Digital Currency Companies and Seven of Its Principals and Employees Charged in Manhattan Federal Court with Running Alleged $6 Billion Money Laundering Scheme U.S. Department of Justice
See also: U.S. Says Firm Laundered Billions The Wall Street Journal

Fiat Industrial To Become UK Tax Resident Tax-News
Political row in Italy over move of corporate tax domicile to the UK

Income Inequality Gets Worse When You Slash Taxes On The Rich: Study Huffington Post

Dolce and Gabbana in court over tax charges The Guardian

Show Us the Local Subsidies: Cities and Counties Disclosing Economic Development Incentives Good Jobs First

A new reason why making banks hold more capital may not make them that much safer Quartz