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Event: Illicit financial flows after ‘Panamania’: Seizing the moment

Alex Cobham

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26 April 2016

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The first evening of our annual research workshop at City University will feature a special public event, jointly organised with the Royal African Society, on the policy implications of the Panama Papers, and the future of financial secrecy.

Thursday, 28 April 2016 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Date & Time: Thursday 28th April, 18:00-20:00

Venue: Lecture Theatre ELG03, Drysdale Building, City University, London, EC1V 0HB

Speakers: Dr Dereje Alemayehu (Chair, Global Alliance for Tax Justice), Batanayi Katongera (Executive Editor, Transfer Pricing Inside Africa) Daniel Balint-Kurti (Investigative Journalist, Global Witness) & Rachel Owens (Senior Campaigner, Global Witness)

Chair: Nicholas Shaxson (Author, Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World)

The event is free to attend, but registration is required – follow link for full details and to register.

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Alex Cobham

Alex Cobham is an economist and chief executive of the Tax Justice Network. He is also a founding member of the steering group of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation, and of the technical advisory group for the Fair Tax Mark. His work focuses on illicit financial flows, effective taxation for development, and inequality. He has been a researcher at Oxford University, Christian Aid, Save the Children, and the Center for Global Development, and has consulted widely, including for UNCTAD, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, DFID, and the World Bank. He recently published two books: The Uncounted (Polity Press), and Estimating Illicit Financial Flows: A Critical Guide to the Data, Methodologies, and Findings, with Petr Janský (Oxford University Press, open access).

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