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View of the luxury towers in the Hatzameret neighborhood of Tel Aviv. September 22, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 6, 2018, 9:37 am
Israel is ‘one of the world’s most generous tax havens,’ complains tax chief
Amendment 168, also known as the ‘Milchan Law,’ may have attracted tax evaders to Israel, warns Tax Authority director Moshe Asher, who has tried for years to cancel it
By Simona Weinglass
Arnon Milchan, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu on March 28, 2005. (Flash90)
February 14, 2018, 1:18 am
What is the ‘Milchan Law’ that Netanyahu is accused of advancing for bribes?
Police say PM sought to accelerate amendment on tax exemptions for new immigrants; critics say law has helped turn Israel into a paradise for tax evaders and money launderers
By Simona Weinglass
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the Armed Forces Ball at the National Building Museum January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
February 3, 2017, 6:09 pm
Europeans ask if it’s ‘America First,’ who’s 2nd?
The Swiss are plugging their ‘big fat mountains,’ while the Portuguese note their ‘huge, enormous beaches’
By AP
Protesters demonstrate against British Prime Minister David Cameron outside the Conservative Party'’s Spring Forum in central London following revelations in the Panama papers in central London on April 9, 2016. AFP NIKLAS HALLE'N)
May 9, 2016, 11:59 pm
Panama Papers database of offshore companies goes live
ICIJ says it is putting information online ‘in the public interest’ as ‘careful release of basic corporate information’
By David McHugh
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Christmas lunch with members of the Christian Orthodox community in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, January 6, 2016. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
April 8, 2016, 4:08 am
Abbas’s son said to hold $1m in investment company tied to PA
‘Panama Papers’ reveal extent of Tareq Abbas’s role in firm heavily involved in Palestinian economy
By TOI staff
British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in central London, December 2, 2015. (AFP Photo/Justin Tallis)
April 8, 2016, 12:37 am
British PM admits he benefited from father’s offshore fund
Under pressure after Panama Papers leak, Cameron says he sold $42,177 stake in Bahamas-based trust in 2010
By AFP
A Bank Leumi in Jerusalem, November 16, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 5, 2016, 1:15 pm
Israel launches probe into firms exposed in tax haven leaks
Tax Authority says it will investigate if some 600 Israeli corporations and 850 shareholders evaded levies by using offshore accounts
By Raoul Wootliff
A Syrian man walks past a poster bearing a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the capital Damascus on February 23, 2016. (AFP/Louai Beshara)
April 4, 2016, 9:40 pm
‘Panama Papers’ show Syria regime circumvented sanctions — report
Shadow companies let Assad get round international restrictions imposed on regime since start of bloody civil war in 2011
By AFP
View of a sign outside the building where Panama-based Mossack Fonseca law firm offices are placed in Panama City on April 3, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / RODRIGO ARANGUA)
April 4, 2016, 4:23 pm
Panama to work ‘vigorously’ to investigate offshore accounts
Banks Leumi and Hapoalim, ex-Sharon aide Dov Weisglass among hundreds of Israeli companies and shareholders named in leaked documents
By TOI staff and Agencies
A marquee of the Arango Orillac Building lists the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama City, April 3, 2016. (AP/Arnulfo Franco)
April 4, 2016, 6:41 am
600 Israeli companies, 850 shareholders listed in Panama data leak
11.5 million documents from Panamanian law firm reveal offshore companies of heads of state, celebrities, businessmen
By TOI staff and Agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin adjusts his jacket before a meeting with the leader of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, on March 31, 2016. AFP / POOL / MAXIM SHEMETOV)
April 3, 2016, 11:24 pm
Massive data leak shows how Putin cronies, world leaders hide fortunes
Year-long investigation into 11.5 million leaked documents reveals vast network of banks, including some in Israel, shadow companies shuffling funds for the wealthy and powerful
By AFP and TOI staff
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