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March 19, 2024
PM: 'Assault' on offshore financial centers caused 50 percent decline in the financial services sector's contribution to GDP
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Philip Davis stated that the 'assault' on offshore financial centers, which began in 2000, significantly reduced The Bahamas' financial services segment contribution to GDP from 30 percent to 15 percent, as he highlighted the impact of 'blacklisting' on offshore financial centers. During a press briefing in Botswana on Monday, where [...]
April 01, 2011
All Things Offshore at next week's OffshoreAlert Conference
South Beach, FLORIDA -
Private
and public sector figures from multiple jurisdictions will gather at
The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach in Florida next week for
The 9th Annual OffshoreAlert Conference.
All
aspects of conducting business in Offshore Financial Centers will be
discussed in 22 sessions based around three main themes: Fraud &
Asset Recovery, Money Laundering & Compliance and Inve...
U.S. reintroducing offshore legislation
April 06, 2011
U.S. reintroducing offshore legislation
MIAMI BEACH, Florida - The argument often forwarded that the United States is in no position to insist on tighter procedures to govern the recording of beneficial ownership of corporations in places like The Bahamas due to contrary practices in its own states, may come to an end soon.
Bob Roach, chief investigator on U.S. Senator Carl Levin’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, brought...
April 06, 2011
Offshore Alert conference attracts 210 global professionals
MIAMI BEACH, Florida - The ninth annual Offshore Alert Conference kicked off in Miami Beach on Monday, with its first sessions on Tuesday morning attracting around 210 attendees.
The conference, hosted at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach, focused on fraud and asset recovery, money laundering and compliance, and investigations and intelligence. About a dozen Bahamians from fields including law enforc...
Pilot rescued after offshore engine failure
February 01, 2022
Pilot rescued after offshore engine failure
A BAHAMIAN pilot was rescued yesterday morning after his plane crashed in waters off western New Providence shortly after take-off.
February 28, 2011
US Government Legislation: What's next for Offshore Financial Centers
For many years, U. S.
Senator Carl Levin has been a thorn in the side of Offshore Financial
Centers through highly-publicized critical comments, investigations into
alleged tax evasion and money laundering and proposed legislation aimed
at curbing legal loopholes.
The Chairman of the Senate's
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is, perhaps, best known in the
offshore world through his ...
Cryptocurrency can catapult the offshore banking industry, says Bahamian cryptocurrency expert
September 10, 2021
Cryptocurrency can catapult the offshore banking industry, says Bahamian cryptocurrency expert
Embracing cryptocurrency could catapult The Bahamas back into the offshore banking industry spotlight, Joseph Evans Jr. told Guardian Business yesterday, adding that all Bahamians need to understand how things like Bitcoin and Blockchain work. Evans, who also goes by the moniker Black Crypto, is hosting two seminars on cryptocurrency this weekend under the theme "From ...
The post Cryptocurrency c...
GBITB sponsors new signature offshore fishing event
July 19, 2021
GBITB sponsors new signature offshore fishing event
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama – The inaugural BattleGround Bahamas Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Tournament took place June 24-26, 2021, at the Grand Bahama Yacht Club.
May 17, 2021
US legislation could erode business for offshore financial centers
The United States' House Financial Services Committee is hoping to have its Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act - that will require multinational corporations to disclose "country-by-country financial reporting” – ratified soon, hoping it would reveal “corporate abuse of tax havens”. If the act becomes law, it could lead to the further erosion of the kind of business international ...
November 09, 2020
Just when we get the all clear to go back to the beaches what do we find has been swimming around offshore - a great white shark
Florida's scariest snowbird paid a visit to the state just in time for its winter tourist season -- a 2,000-pound, 15-foot great white shark...
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