The UK Trade Register has begun migrating its users to a new form of access to services

The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Companies House) has implemented the GOV.UK One Login access technology for certain services of its digital platform. The Trade Register has become the last of the forty UK government services to use this electronic tool, Public Technology reports, citing Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.

The OECD has reported $ 900 billion in offshore Latin America

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented a report that indicated this figure. It is significantly higher than the average for Asia (4%), Europe (11%) or the United States (4%), and results in annual revenue losses of € 19 billion for the region due to tax evasion.

Global tax reform coming

131 countries, which account for more than 90% of the global economy, have agreed on the introduction of a minimum tax rate for large corporations of 15%.

Foreign direct investment in the world in 2020 fell to a minimum in 15 years

Russian investors are also curtailing direct investment abroad due to the economic impact of COVID-19 and rising geopolitical tensions.

Russia and Germany lose their positions in the AML ranking

In 2020, the Basel Institute on Governance presented its annual report "Ranking money laundering and terrorist financing risks around the world”. This is the ninth public edition of the Basel AML Index.

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