Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Will WHO in future create worldwide applicable health law? | world governments

In previous blogposts (like this one) I was wondering whether the World Health Organization (WHO) evolves into a world government on health (just as FATF already sets global rules on fighting crime [1]). In November 2021 in a Dutch consultation … Lees verder

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Americans Abroad Renounce Citizenship to Escape Tax Law’s Clutches | FATCA,CBT, FBAR

In an earlier post on this blog I mentioned the article by Andreas Kluth for Bloomberg: Next, the Supreme Court Decides How to Punish US Expats. On 30 September Alice Kantor wrote for Bloomberg: Americans Abroad Renounce Citizenship to Escape … Lees verder

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IMF added its own publication to the avalanche of beneficial ownership publications | AML, CFT

Under the name “Unmasking Control: A Guide to Beneficial Ownership Transparency” IMF added its own publication to the avalanche of beneficial ownership publications. It explains the reasons for the publication as follows: Revelations from many data leaks, court cases, and … Lees verder

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Judge ruled against the Association of Accidental Americans in US lawsuit regarding renunciation | FATCA, CBT

The Association of Accidental Americans (AAA) end of September announced that it has appealed the judgment of the Washington, D.C. federal court which dismissed their lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of State’s suspension and delay of voluntary renunciation services. AAA-chairman … Lees verder

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Benificial ownership rules in the US

FinCEN on 29 September announced: FinCEN Issues Final Rule for Beneficial Ownership Reporting to Support Law Enforcement Efforts, Counter Illicit Finance, and Increase Transparency. Read also the factsheet.

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New FATCA report by Carlo Garbarino for the European Parliament

On 22 September a new FATCA-report (pdf) by Carlo Garbarino for the European Parliament was published. The European Parliament Think Tank introduced it as follows: This in depth analysis updates a previous report commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department … Lees verder

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The world’s financial leaders prepare our financial future next week | Sibos conference | SWIFT, surveillance, open finance

Next week there is the Sibos conference organised by SWIFT. Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 SWIFT facilitated the transfer of personal data of European residents to the US, against European data protection legislation. After press reports revealed … Lees verder

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“EU law precludes the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data, except in the case of a serious threat to national security” | CJEU, surveillance

Again the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has decided “EU law precludes the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data, except in the case of a serious threat to national security“, read the press release … Lees verder

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Data protection of tax payers in the US: “Cloud Services Were Implemented Without Key Security Controls, Placing Taxpayer Data at Risk” | data protection, FATCA

Relevant for the victims of inappropriate US legislation (FATCA and Citizenship-Based Taxation): on 27 September 2022 the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration reported: Cloud Services Were Implemented Without Key Security Controls, Placing Taxpayer Data at Risk’ The full report … Lees verder

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How to read CJEU judgments | article by Krommendijk and Zuiderveen Borgesius

Jasper Krommendijk and Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius for EU Law Analysis wrote the useful article ‘How to read CJEU judgments: deciphering the Kirchberg oracle‘. The article is introduced with: How to read judgments of the Court of Justice of the European … Lees verder

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