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The world's biggest economies seem to be stuck in a business-as-usual mode in the face of the unprecedented multiple crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic recession and the climate emergency.
Nov 19, 2020 • 12:00 AM - 11:45 PM • Online
As the world grapples with the multiple crises of global COVID-19 pandemic, the economic recession, and the climate emergency, the need to raise the alarm on and fight the tax abuses and illicit financial flows in the extractive industry is more critical and urgent than ever.
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This political cartoon is posted on the eve of the Global Day of Action for Tax Justice in the Extractive Industry, November 19. Read the full statement.
Resource-rich countries spanning Africa, Latin America and Asia share a common ground. They continue to be targeted for natural wealth extraction, offer extensive fiscal incentives for mining investors, and are markedly sites of massive illicit financial flows.
Tax Justice in the Extractives Sector: A Renewed Call in COVID times to Stop Tax Abuse and Plunder
Rick Rowden, Senior Economist at the Global Financial Integrity discusses trade misinvoicing and how it facilitates illicit financial flows (IFFs) and the magnitude and scale of the phenomenon.
