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The Italian Government and the Migration Crisis | Opinion Bill Drexel
, American Enterprise Institute On 5/17/21 at 1:30 PM EDT
Three and a half years after Italian officials launched an aggressive campaign against humanitarian search and rescue efforts off their southern coast, Italian magistrates have finally leveled criminal charges on the NGOs and individuals it targeted for saving lives at sea. As we are now learning, the case s extensive investigation documents also inadvertently include details of Italian officials knowingly leaving migrants to die at sea, and wiretapping humanitarians conversations with lawyers and journalists flagrant violations of international and domestic law.
As a crew member of the first rescue ship searched, seized and impounded by the Italian government back in 2017, I find the recent revelations of Rome s shameful tactics unsurprising. Nonetheless, in light of this new evidence it is high time that the Italian government is h
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How global tax dodging costs lives: New research shows a direct link to increased death rates
This is money that could otherwise be spent on things like clean water, sanitation, education and health care.
Tax abuse is an expensive business. According to a recent report by the Tax Justice Network, avoiding or evading tax deprives governments across the world of around US$427 billion (£302 billion) every year. This is money that could otherwise be spent on things like clean water, sanitation, education and health care.
The same report also claims that the laws and practices of just four countries the UK and its network of overseas territories and crown dependencies, along with Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are responsible for 55% of tax losses suffered around the world.