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Gaming Firms Flee Poland’s Gambling Tax
March 28th, 2017
UK-based bookmaker William Hill has become the latest company in the gambling sector to withdraw from the Polish market ahead of the introduction of a new regulatory and tax regime for the industry. William Hill has reportedly informed customers ...
Tesco and Serious Fraud Office near to deal over accounting scandal
March 28th, 2017
The Serious Fraud Office and Tesco are within days of announcing a settlement that could mean Britain’s biggest supermarket chain will pay a multimillion-pound fine over an accounting scandal. Under the deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), Tesco would pay a ...
FSMA Belgium reports unauthorised Forex and Binary Options providers
March 24th, 2017
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), a financial regulator of Belgium, has issued an announcement to warn investors and public against the activities of various providers of/intermediaries in binary options and Forex products, “recovery rooms” and “boiler rooms”, ...
The Russian “Laundromat” exposed; how the complex money laundering scheme worked
March 23rd, 2017
Three years after the “Laundromat” was exposed as a criminal financial vehicle to move vast sums of money out of Russia, journalists now know how the complex scheme worked – including who ended up with the $20.8 billion and ...
How powerful is your passport?
March 23rd, 2017
The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom that their citizens enjoy. For more than a decade, Henley & Partners has analyzed global visa regulations to present an index ...
E-commerce: EU-wide rules to protect consumers better and stop rogue traders
March 23rd, 2017
New powers for national authorities to check whether e-commerce websites geo-block consumers, track down rogue traders or even, subject to safeguards inserted by MEPs, order that websites hosting scams be shut down, were approved by the Internal Market and ...
More than 64,000 drivers are now intending to sue Volkswagen on dieselgate
March 22nd, 2017
Lawyers are aiming to win back thousands of pounds in compensation for buyers VW fitted cheating software in 11million cars sold worldwide, which meant they produced fewer toxic gases in tests, but were actually much more polluting VW ...
Legal sector at tipping point as technology concerns take hold
March 17th, 2017
The global legal industry is at a tipping point as firms struggle to keep up with advancements in technology that continue to disrupt the market, according to a new report published today by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO ...
British HSBC chief faces probe into tax affairs
March 17th, 2017
The boss of Britain’s biggest bank is facing a probe over his tax affairs after insisting his main home is in Hong Kong. HSBC chief exec Stuart Gulliver, 58, is fighting HMRC’s bid to claw back cash despite working ...
Mergers faced greater scrutiny in 2016, magic circle firm reports
March 16th, 2017
Magic circle firm Clifford Chance has said it is becoming increasingly difficult to push through mergers in concentrated markets where there are few big players, particularly in the EU. The firm said that jurisdictions, including the EU, are claiming ...
