Nick Shaxson ■ Avaaz on Jersey: give the tax thieves nowhere to hide

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Avaaz on Jersey: give the tax thieves nowhere to hide

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30 April 2014

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From Avaaz, a new campaign:

Jersey is trying to get away with limited implementation of the G8’s tax transparency reforms. I worked in Jersey’s government, and know a deluge of messages from across the UK will surprise them. Write what you feel about tax dodging, and draw from the points below. Hurry – today’s the deadline for their official consultation!

Featuring the Tax Justice Network.

Sign the Avaaz petition now.

The author

Nick Shaxson

Nicholas Shaxson is a journalist and writer on the staff of Tax Justice Network. He is author of the book Poisoned Wells about the oil industry in Africa, published in 2007, and the more recent Treasure Islands: Tax havens and the Men who Stole the World, published by Random House in January 2011. He lives in Berlin.

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