Links Aug 9

Most of TJN's bloggers are currently away, so posting will be relatively limited for the time being.

Swiss court keeps French tax probe witness in custody Reuters

Swiss interrogate Kazakh oligarch Ablyazov's extended family Reuters

UBS handles majority of paper company deals for S. Koreans: data Yonhap News Agency

Nigeria: Tax evasion" FIRS begins audit of firms’ transactions with offshore arms Business Standard

Azerbaijan: Bill on transfer pricing to be submitted to govt after revision AzerNews

Canadian companies more focused on critical tax risk management: EY survey CNW

Tax lens on NGOs’ foreign funds The Times of India

Info Tax Justice # 11: Tax avoidance by corporations TJN Germany Blog

Ireland: Finance industry won key tax concessions in budget Irish Times

Serious Fraud Office admits losing thousands of documents linked to BAE The Guardian

Corruption in Venezuela: The billion-dollar fraud The Economist

Pope Francis beefs up supervision of Vatican bank Reuters

Creditor-Proof Trusts Replacing Offshore Accounts The Wall Street Journal

Revenue closes the net on offshore tax evaders Contractor UK
See also: U.K. Publishes List of Tax Fugitives in Fight Against Evasion Bloomberg Businessweek

PBS Asks Some Hard Questions About Laffer and His Curve Citizens for Tax Justice

Tax Trade-off: Better Education for Our Kids vs. Tax Breaks for Wall Street Fund Managers Americans for Tax Fairness

How Academia is Bought: Deloitte, Wal-Mart fund new UT masters program Austin Business Journal
Hat tip: Offshore Watch.  And, on the subject of education costs, we've been asked to share this resource: http://www.affordableschoolsonline.com/cheap-colleges

U.S.: The IRS Scandal, Day 92 TaxProf Blog

Big Banks Conspiracy is destroying America Market Watch

How tax break gives Real Madrid and Barcelona an unfair edge The Independent