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USVI stays on EU blacklist; Territory says not worried
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. JOHN, USVI — The European Commission has kept the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) on its list of blacklisted nations as of 2019, deeming the US territory a tax haven.
EU blacklisted 17 countries including St Lucia, Trinidad, Barbados, Panama
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It appears that the big European Powers are at it again, trying to destabilise the economy of small island states, who are for the most part doing nothing illegal.
Did Premier Smith sell us out @ recent UK Meeting?
LONDON, United Kingdom- In a statement in the House of Assembly on Thursday, February 12, 2015 Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith told the people of the Virgin Islands that key stakeholders within the territory’s financial and social services sectors did not support the Virgin Islands establishing a Beneficial Ownership central register, preferring the current regime which has been shown to work.
EU places VI on financial services blacklist
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands was yesterday, June 17, 2015, placed on another financial services ‘blacklist’, along with 29 other small jurisdictions and international financial centres, by the European Union (EU).
The US should stop violating our constitution-Edmund Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Talk show host Edmund Maduro believes that the United States should cease their alleged attempts at violating the Virgin Islands Constitution by trying to get private information from the local financial services industry.
British PM Cameron makes personal plea to tax havens
NEWS ASIA
LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday wrote to leaders of overseas tax havens, urging them to help the country's efforts to combat tax evasion and avoidance.
Jenkins: An Oldie—The 'Offshore' Witch Hunt
By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR.
(Wall Street Journal)- Anyone collecting similarities between our times and the 1930s might pin a photo of Fabien Albertin to his bulletin board.