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Canadian Customs Wants Your Laptop, Too

U.S. customs authorities have assigned themselves the authority to copy all data on your laptop or other electronic device when ...

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Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spy Capabilities Would Shock You

Every now and then, ordinary citizens can glimpse the breadth and depth of the surveillance infrastructure erect to monitor us. ...

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Tattoo Parlor Surveillance: Signs of Suspicious Activity

Thinking about getting a tattoo? If you are, better not pay cash! If you do, the FBI has informed tattoo ...

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Expatriation Examples: What It’s Really Like

There are a lot more former U.S. citizens than there once were. Americans fed up with paying tax—and their government—are ...

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Austria Capitulates on Banking Secrecy

On September 1, Austria's parliament approved a law to ease banking secrecy in the last EU country on the Organization ...

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DOJ: The National Asset Forfeiture Strategic Plan

The abominable practice of "civil forfeiture" is a legal procedure in which prosecutors can seize your property without accusing you—much ...

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Austria Shutters Banking System for U.S. Residents…but the Door Remains Cracked

I arrived yesterday afternoon, May 18, in Vienna for a series of meetings with Austrian banks, lawyers, and financial advisors.

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Get Ready for Exchange Controls! [Part III]

In Part I and Part II of this post, I described what exchange controls ...

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Get Ready for Exchange Controls! [Part II]

In my most recent blog entry, I described how exchange controls—laws restricting private ownership of, or transactions ...

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Get Ready for Exchange Controls! [Part I]

Exchange controls—laws restricting private ownership of, or transactions in, foreign currencies and gold—are blossoming throughout the world. Residents of Cuba, ...

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So What if 80% of Big U.S. Corporations Have Tax Haven Subsidiaries? [Part II]

In my last post, I described how Senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), along with ...

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So What if 80% of Big U.S. Corporations Have Tax Haven Subsidiaries? [Part I]

U.S. Congressional blowhards are using a recent report from the Government Accountability Office to push for even harsher sanctions against ...

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US Military Involvement in Civil Asset Forfeiture

Asset forfeiture is a hugely profitable enterprise for city, county, and state governments, and the federal government as well.

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Why Wasn’t Elliot Spitzer Prosecuted for Money Laundering?

About a year ago, former New York governor Elliot Spitzer made a series of cash withdrawals from his own bank ...

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Attorney-Client Privilege: What You Need to Know

When you retain a licensed attorney, you generally have the right to refuse to disclose all "confidential communications" between you ...

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Are You Ready for the e-PATRIOT Act?

If you've ever wondered how Congress could possible enact legislation as complex as the USA PATRIOT Act less than 30 ...

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Expect a Bureaucratic Nightmare when You Renew Your Driver’s License

Back in 2005, our Congressional kleptocrats snuck an obscure provision into a military spending bill that, in effect, creates the ...

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The US Exit Tax: Expatriation and Taxes

The United States is the only major country that imposes tax on a citizen's worldwide income, no matter where that ...

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Diplomatic Passport Scam Exposed

A diplomatic passport is the "Nirvana" of international travel. Once you receive diplomatic status from a recognized government, you may ...

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UK: Anti-Terrorism Law Used to Investigate Dog Poop

As wacky as some of the anti-terrorist initiatives that I've written about in the good ol' USA, they don't hold ...

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The USA Declares War on Iran

No, there haven't been any nuclear missiles launched, at least not yet. No mobilization of U.S. forces on Iran's border. ...

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Even Elliot Spitzer’s No Match for the “Bank Secrecy Act”

Talk about comeuppance. New York governor Elliot Spitzer, the poster boy for ethics on Wall Street and elsewhere in the ...

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Panama Passport: Separating Fact from Fiction

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Avoid the “Anti-Terrorism Clearance Certificate” Scam

In the last few months, I've received several e-mails requesting assistance in obtaining an "Anti-Terrorist Clearance Certificate."Â They supposedly need ...

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Yes, You are a Criminal

If you live or do business in the United States, you're almost certainly a criminal, even if you don't know ...
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Asset Protection Strategies for the Average American

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Austria: A Culture of Privacy

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Why Banking Fees are Higher in Austria than in the USA-and How to Reduce Them

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LLCs: A Better Way to Protect Business Assets

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