Five months after the release of the Panama Papers, a new, searchable database of 1.3 million files leaked from the company register of the Bahamas to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung has ‘brought to light details of the financial interests of politicians, entrepreneurs, financiers – and fraudsters.” The new information reveals previously unknown or little-reported connections […]

Royal Bank of Canada’s wealth-management subsidiary in the Bahamas is caught up in tax fraud and money-laundering allegations involving billionaire international art dealer Guy Wildenstein. French prosecutor Franck Charon confirmed on Monday that France’s tax-evasion watchdog – Parquet national financer – has recommended to an investigating judge that RBC Trust Company (Bahamas) Ltd. be charged […]