Capital Conservator » Online Gaming http://www.capital-conservator.com Capital Conservator Offshore Banking and Asset Protection News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 MALTA RANKS HIGHLY IN GLOBAL “SECRECY INDEX” http://www.capital-conservator.com/2009/11/12/malta-ranks-highly-in-global-secrecy-index/ http://www.capital-conservator.com/2009/11/12/malta-ranks-highly-in-global-secrecy-index/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:28:09 +0000 http://capital-conservator.com/?p=166 A global secrecy index compiled by the TJN (Tax Justice Network) has placed Malta as 22nd most secretive jurisdiction in the world. Malta achieved an opacity score of 83 out of 100 for opacity and was judged “a long way from offering financial transparency”. Despite not appearing on many blacklists, Malta still maintains a high degree of secrecy within its banking transactions.

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2009/11/08/t8.html


]]> http://www.capital-conservator.com/2009/11/12/malta-ranks-highly-in-global-secrecy-index/feed/ 0 MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR BETONSPORTS FOUNDER GARY KAPLAN http://www.capital-conservator.com/2009/11/04/maximum-sentence-for-betonsports-founder-gary-kaplan/ http://www.capital-conservator.com/2009/11/04/maximum-sentence-for-betonsports-founder-gary-kaplan/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:34:56 +0000 http://capital-conservator.com/?p=153 Gary Kaplan, the founder of the offshore gambling firm BetOnSports, has been given the maximum prison sentence of 51 months for “conspiring” to break racketeering laws in the US, among other violations. Kaplan has been in jail since March 2007, and has already agreed to hand over around $44 million to US Authorities which the Justic Deparment calls “proceeds” from his gambling activities.

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5A24IS20091103

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