07/05/2012

Crackdown launched on tax dodgers

Over £30m will be recovered from tax dodgers as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) launches new taskforces around the country.

07/04/2012

Rogue trader Nick Leeson urges jail for Libor fixing

Barclays was fined £290m by UK and US regulator for attempting to manipulate the rate, which is used to set the borrowing costs for millions of consumers, businesses and investors, by falsely stating how much they were paying to borrow money.

07/03/2012

UK considers criminal sanctions for bank management misconduct

In its proposals for new sanctions for directors of failed banks, the government also proposed banning directors of failed banks from serving as senior executives at other banks in future unless they can prove they are fit for office.

07/03/2012

Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni's house raided by police

Magistrates are investigating claims that house staff of Liliane Bettencourt, heiress to the L'Oréal cosmetics empire and France's richest woman, handed over brown envelopes stuffed with cash to Mr Sarkozy and his aides to finance his suc

07/02/2012

Wealthy French consider Swiss tax exile

The new French Socialist government has promised to reinstate the country’s old wealth tax rate and increase income tax, enough to make wealthy taxpayers think seriously about leaving for greener Swiss pastures.