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You, an accidental terrorist? Thank Ted Cruz

It’s bad enough that the US government has the authority to revoke your passport if you have a “seriously delinquent ...

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Best Place to Launder Money (Surprisingly)

I’m in the executive lounge at Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Martin drinking double espressos and waiting for a ...

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The dirty little secret about EU passports

Greetings from the island of Nevis! I’m here dealing with yearend formalities associated with Fortress Trust Ltd., a registered agent ...

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Civil Forfeiture Case: Police Seized His House for $40

When I was nine years old, I was one of the smallest students in my fourth grade class. With my ...

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Potential Threats to Puerto Rico’s Tax Cuts

In the 30 years I’ve been writing about developments in the offshore world, I’ve been called a lot of things: ...

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Swiss Banking Secrecy for Americans: Myth or Reality

From 2006–2008, Falciani worked in HSBC’s information technology department. While there, he secretly downloaded the account details of more than ...

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It’s (Almost) Official: Tax Debt = No Passport

The paragons of public virtue that make up the US Congress really, really want to crack down on tax cheats. ...

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Austria: Anonymous Storage and The World’s Safest Bank

I just finished a week’s visit to Vienna, where I lived from 2003-2005 while earning a LL.M (Master of Laws) ...

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The Impact of Negative Interest Rates on Your Finances

It might sound like a conspiracy theory spun by right-wing crazies. But judging by the increasing desperation of governments to ...

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How to Stay Off the “No Fly” List

Airport security in the USA is a joke, and a bad one at that. It’s easy to create a <a ...

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Watch Out for these 3 Offshore Scams

You could be forgiven for believing offshore frauds are a thing of the past. After all, with “Know Your Customer” ...

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How to Protect Yourself from Border Big Brother

Big Brother is alive and well at US border crossings. The latest example comes from published accounts describing the recent ...

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Your Data Isn’t Safe in the USA

In 2013, former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden stunned the world by revealing top-secret details of the agency’s data ...

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The Big Biz, Big Gov World of Donald Trump

A hidden danger of a government that intervenes in every aspect of its citizens’ lives is that it develops harmful ...

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The Canadians to save us from FATCA? Maybe…

FATCA, officially known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, is probably the worst law that most Americans don't know ...

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Bank Secrecy Act: The Surveillance of Everyday Transactions

Do you distrust the banking system? Prefer to do business in cash? Complain about the encroachment of Big Brother into ...

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There Are No Markets, Only [IMF] Manipulation

I can’t help but be reminded of the truism of this week’s article title, watching Chinese stock prices drop, day ...

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Second Passport Scams Exposed

When I was a teenager, I was a fan of the Rolling Stones. I bought their 1971 album, Sticky Fingers, ...

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Are You Fit to be Boiled?

I’ll never forget the first time I saw a lobster boiled alive. It was at a family gathering when I ...

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Why the US is the World’s Biggest Tax Haven

It’s often not “PC” (politically correct) to point out the truth. But someone needs to do it. Here’s an “inconvenient ...

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A Sneaky Way to Grab Your Retirement Savings

With an $18 trillion debt and $97 trillion or so in unfunded liabilities, Uncle Sam is anything but flush with ...

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“You? A Tax Evader?”

It’s no secret that governments worldwide are broke. One country after another is cutting social benefits and taking other measures ...

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Congress’s Plans to Lock You in

Freedom to travel is a fundamental and internationally recognized human right. Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...

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Make Sure You File This Form by June 30

Back in 1970, Congress enacted a law that became known as the Bank Secrecy Act, or BSA. But like the ...

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Famous politician gets caught in his own web

Talk about a comeuppance. Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert, who helped force through Congress stricter laws ...

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Even if Congress Repeals the PATRIOT Act, You’ll Still Have Zero Electronic Privacy

I got a good laugh earlier this month when a federal appeals court ruled that the National Security Agency (NSA) ...

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Will Central Banks Abolish Cash?

Cash has never been a popular asset with the totalitarian set. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to trace. Cash makes ...

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The Raisin Administrative Committee Strikes Back!

With an annual budget now approaching $4 trillion, it’s not surprising that the US government has quite a few departments ...

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Should Congress End Puerto Rico Tax Breaks for Wealthy Americans?

One of the most important services that I think I provide our consulting clients is to say “no” to some ...

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US Expat Tax Reform: Obama’s Proposal

US citizens who expatriate – those who give up their citizenship and passport – don’t get a lot of respect.Take ...

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