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Super Rich's Favorite Tactic, Gay NBA Player's Big Boon, Building Collapse Shocker And More

Written By Unknown on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 | 7:43 AM

April 30, 2013
The global super-rich are stashing trillions of dollars offshore with the help of some of the world's biggest banks, putting billions of dollars out of the taxman's reach and masking wealth inequality's true heights.

Wealthy people were hiding between $21 and $32 trillion in offshore jurisdictions around the world as of 2012, according to a 2012 study from the Tax Justice Network, an organization which aims to promote tax transparency. The study, highlighted by a recent Bloomberg News report, found that more than $12 trillion of that money was managed by 50 international banks, many of which received bailouts during the financial crisis, according to James Henry, the study's author.  Continue reading...
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