Nick Shaxson ■ HSBC whistleblower Falciani, on tax havens and whistleblowing

HSBC whistleblower Falciani, on tax havens and whistleblowing

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27 April 2015

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“HSBC files whistleblower Hervé Falciani: ‘This money comes from mafia, drug traffickers, blood diamonds and tax evasion’ “

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The author

Nick Shaxson

Nicholas Shaxson is a journalist and writer on the staff of Tax Justice Network. He is author of the book Poisoned Wells about the oil industry in Africa, published in 2007, and the more recent Treasure Islands: Tax havens and the Men who Stole the World, published by Random House in January 2011. He lives in Berlin.

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