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Top 25 Least Financially Transparent Countries In The World, 2015

The United States has overtaken Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands and Singapore as an attractive haven for super-rich individuals and businesses looking to shelter assets behind a veil of secrecy, according to a 2015 index of the world’s offshore havens compiled by the Tax Justice Network.

The Alpine nation, Switzerland, is the least financially transparent country in the world, according to a watchdog group’s new global ranking.

Besides Switzerland, the grandfather of financial secrecy, Hong Kong (No. 2), the United States (No. 3), Singapore (No. 4) and Cayman Islands (No. 5) made the top five.

However, observers say Britain would occupy the top spot if overseas territories like the Cayman Islands and crown dependencies like Jersey were to be included.

The scale of hidden offshore wealth around the world is difficult to assess.

Gabriel Zucman, one of the rising young stars of the economics, eSwitzerlandstimates that at least $7.6 trillion is held in tax havens, largely in what Zucman describes as the “sinister trio” of the British Virgin Islands, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

While, James Henry, a former chief economist at McKinsey & Co, estimated super–rich elite has at least $21 trillion stashed away in secret tax havens.

Top 25 Least Financially Transparent Countries In The World, 2015

Top 25 Least Financially Transparent Countries In The World, 2015:

1. Switzerland
2. Hong Kong
3. United States
4. Singapore
5. Cayman Islands
6. Luxembourg
7. Lebanon
8. Germany
9. Bahrain
10. United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
11. Macao
12. Japan
13. Panama
14. Marshall Islands
15. United Kingdom
16. Jersey
17. Guernsey
18. Malaysia (Labuan)
19. Turkey
20. China
21. British Virgin Islands
22. Barbados
23. Mauritius
24. Austria    
25. Bahamas   

The full 2015 ranking of the World’s Least Financially Transparent Countries:

 


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Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj
Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is a publishing executive and economist who is the CEO and editor-in-chief of The CEOWORLD magazine, one of the world’s most influential and recognized global news publications. Additionally, he serves as the chair of the advisory board for the CEOWORLD magazine. He received his Ph.D. in Finance and Banking from the European Global School, Paris, France. He earned his Doctoral Degree in Chartered Accountancy from the European International University Paris, France, and a Doctorate in Business Administration from Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (KNUTD), Ukraine. Dr. Amarendra also holds a Master of Business Administration degree in International Relations and Affairs from the American University of Athens, Alabama, United States.


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