Simon Bowers
Former senior financial reporter and investigative journalist for The Guardian. Contact: [email protected]
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German prosecutors drop probe into Deutsche Bank ties to Estonian dirty money scandal  - ICIJ
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Prosecutors fined the bank $15.8 million for its failure, on more than 600 occasions, to promptly submit reports that would have alerted criminal investigators to suspicious transactions. 
Inside scandal-rocked Danske Estonia and the shell-company 'factories' that served it - ICIJ
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The FinCEN Files reveal how a handful of secretive agencies mass-produce U.K. shell companies owned by criminals and launderers from former Soviet states.
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Simon Bowers For the incredible story of those who created and fronted the forest of anonymous UK shell companies linked to suspicious bank transactions in the #FinCENFiles, please see ’s article here 152d
'Everyone is doing badly’, anti-money laundering czar warns - ICIJ
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The man in charge of stopping criminals from laundering money has a scathing report of the world’s progress.
'Urgent' EU Plan to End Secret Company Ownership Poised to Miss Deadline - ICIJ
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Countries, including Malta and Cyprus, are running out of time to comply with new rules aimed at thwarting corrupt regimes, mafia groups and terror funders.
Grand Theft Auto’s £42m ‘heist on the taxpayer’
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The developer of the computer game Grand Theft Auto V — criticised for a graphic torture scene and sexual violence against women — is paying no UK corporation tax but claiming millions of pounds in...
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Simon Bowers Why does the Edinburgh software studio behind multi-billion-grossing Grand Theft Auto pay no UK tax? Great analysis by featured in today's ($) via Full report: #gamingthetaxsystem 579d
Report: Gaming the System
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Tax Watch UK is an investigative think tank which aims to broaden public participation in the debate on tax.
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Simon Bowers Why does the Edinburgh software studio behind multi-billion-grossing Grand Theft Auto pay no UK tax? Great analysis by featured in today's ($) via Full report: #gamingthetaxsystem 579d
How Panama Papers – the story 'too big for one news outlet' – changed these reporters lives - ICIJ
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Three years ago, German investigative journalists Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier received a record-breaking trove of leaked data from a source going by the pseudonym John Doe.
Seven EU Countries Labeled 'Tax Havens' in Parliament Report - ICIJ
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A European Parliament committee found that seven member states facilitate aggressive tax planning, and recommended an EU financial police force be set up.
European Authorities Launch Probe Into Secret Lux Leaks Tax Deal   - ICIJ
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The European Commission has opened an investigation into one of the 546 secret tax deals exposed by ICIJ's Lux Leaks project almost five years ago.
European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into tax treatment of Huhtamäki in Luxembourg
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Simon Bowers IMPACT: Finally! Almost five years after & our brilliant media partners exposed the #LuxLeaks tax avoidance scandal, at the European Commission has opened an investigation into suspected illegal state aid 722d
Britain Considers Medical Implants Registry to Improve Patient Safety - ICIJ
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The call for a new register comes after the Implant Files exposed weaknesses in the regulation of medical devices implanted in patients across Europe.
European Commission shames Saudi Arabia, Panama with ‘dirty money’ list that attracts criticism
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The expansion of a list of jurisdictions linked to money laundering or terrorist financing has attracted criticism from some of the included countries.
Why has the European Commission not investigated Lux Leaks tax deals? - ICIJ
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Jean-Claude Juncker’s legacy remains tainted by his Luxembourg past as he bows out as the European Commission president this year.
Nike Could Owe Billions In Tax If New EU Probe Finds Against It - ICIJ
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The European investigation into suspected illegal state aid follows ICIJ’s Paradise Papers reporting, which uncovered details of Nike’s global tax strategy.
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Simon Bowers ICYMI: EU commissioner is investigating 's tax affairs, 1st exposed in 's #ParadisePapers. If suspected illegal state aid is proven, it could result in $BILLIONS in back taxes -many times the sum EU recovered from Starbucks or Amazon 777d
Europe Has A Chance To Force Medical Device Companies To Make Safety Data Public - ICIJ
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A quick comparison of how Europe and the United States monitor medical device safety differently – and how those differences highlight Europe’s weaknesses.
How Lobbying Blocked European Safety Checks For Dangerous Medical Implants - ICIJ
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Confidential injury and malfunction reports have tripled in less than 10 years in many countries
Hearings | Events | Committees | European Parliament
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All the available information relating to committee hearings. Links to programmes and contributions from speakers.
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Simon Bowers THREAD /1 Some reflections after Nike’s evidence to the EU TAXE3 parliamentary committee: First, hats off to chief tax officer Patti Johnson for turning up & speaking for Nike on tax avoidance practices stretching back 13 yrs (she's been at Nike 12 months) 981d
Apple Turns Down Invitation to EU Tax Panel Hearing
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For the second time in three years, Apple Inc. has declined an invitation to appear before a European Parliament tax investigative committee, which requested its presence along with McDonald’s Inc....
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Simon Bowers Apple has declined an invite to attend an EU Parliamentary committee and answer questions about tax avoidance revealed by 's #ParadisePapers ICYMI: Here's the original story that Apple doesn't want to discuss: 999d
Apple’s Secret Offshore Island Hop Revealed By Paradise Papers Leak - ICIJ
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Elite tax advisers help Apple Inc. and other corporate giants skirt impacts of crackdown on 'Double Irish' maneuvers.
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Simon Bowers Apple has declined an invite to attend an EU Parliamentary committee and answer questions about tax avoidance revealed by 's #ParadisePapers ICYMI: Here's the original story that Apple doesn't want to discuss: 999d
Vincent Tchenguiz 'spied on his own spies'
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Court papers claim tycoon made surreptitious recordings to spy on Black Cube intelligence agency, which had been based in his office