This is denounced Tuesday JeanClaude Juncker

The tactic is known internationally as the "name and shame", which could lead to "stigmatize". It has proved effective in recent years to encourage countries to amend their legislation to avoid appear on black lists of associated States to tax evasion or laundering of money derived from criminal activities, such as trafficking in weapons or drugs. But the g-20 was reluctant again last night to publish such a list, fault of consensus between major countries on those of pups that were to be included. If some countries have reported convinced Tuesday evening that no list would be published at the end of the g-20, French and German sherpas were forcing yesterday evening that there is, on the contrary, as wished by Nicolas Sarkozy, "one or more lists of financial markets which are not cooperating with criteria," the OECD (Organisation for economic development and cooperation) "and that it draws the consequences"., clearly it punishes the banks working there. If he thought yesterday evening in London would that developing not blacklist the g-20 cross a "red line", however he stated flexible on the date on which this list would be published.

Unlike the official statements or a little quick geostrategic analyses, says a connoisseur of the record, the difficulty to build a list is not so much of what each great power would like to preserve its favorite offshore centres; Paris and Berlin have dared to put pressure in recent weeks havens to which they are very related, such as the Liechtenstein, Andorra, the Switzerland, Monaco or the Luxembourg, who also assigned. And the Chinese centres, Singapore and Hong Kong, were early February the first among the quarantine of banking paradise identified around the world, to commit themselves to cooperate. It seems difficult to countries the index even though they just decide not to oppose their sacrosanct banking secrecy investigators of the tax authorities of other countries in investigations "targeted and reasoned." In contrast, argue the Germany and the France, commitments are no longer enough, it should be a practical application, because many countries are on strike black lists in recent years by adopting impeccable legislation... that have remained dead letter. Of course, but it was difficult to require the Switzerland, the Liechtenstein or the Luxembourg that they apply before the g-20 a lifting of bank secrecy that they have decided just two weeks ago!

Classification criteria

To move the line between the countries, such as the Switzerland and Singapore, which could be Word, and those for which it should be more cautious The g-20 has worked on a list of 46 banking havens by the OECD, where countries were classified according to the number of signed bilateral tax conventions (see opposite). Problem: some countries as the Uruguay or the Austria, whose name is immediately not to mind when contemplating to hide his money to the tax authorities, there were classified as totally not cooperative, having signed no agreement, while others, more sulphurous reputation, such as the Caribbean Dutch, claiming six signatures, received a good grade. But that is a convention with, for example, another banking paradise

In addition, force is to recognize that much of the tax evasion occurs not in these exotic territories, but in the heart of the great powers, even those who lead the crusade against banking havens. Thus, it is possible to mount a screen company in Delaware, Nevada, or in London, in a few hours without having to reveal his identity. This is denounced Tuesday Jean-Claude Juncker. The Prime Minister of the Luxembourg asked "to the brave in Europe which have many insisted that the Member countries of the Union with bank secrecy", Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, "drop out, demonstrate the same courage in respect of the United States,"...