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Article

22 May 2013

Author:
Benjamin Fox, EUobserver (Belgium)

Charity attacks EU "hypocrisy" on tax evasion

EU leaders have been put on the defensive after development charity Oxfam accused them of turning a blind eye to €9.5 trillion hidden in European tax havens...In a statement, Natalia Alonso, the head of Oxfam’s EU Office, said that there was "enough potential tax to be had on hidden 'private' money to end extreme poverty twice over."...She added that "unless the EU agrees a public tax havens blacklist and clear countermeasures, we won’t get much more than hot air from leaders." [Refers to Apple]