TAKE-A-LOOK-Global fight against tax evasion

World leaders of the G20 last week supported the naming and
shaming of a group of 40 or so secretive tax havens in a bid to
crack down on tax evasion.

Uruguay, Costa Rica, Malaysia and the Philippines, which had
been placed on a tax haven blacklist, were subsequently taken
off the list after they committed to meet international
standards for tax cooperation and transparency.

Below is a summary of recent Reuters stories on tax evasion,
offshore banking and related issues (please double click on the
codes in brackets for the following items):
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G20, OECD STORIES:
>OECD - 4 on tax haven blacklist now taken off [ID:nL7590365]
>Campaigners demand further action on evasion [ID:nL2675443]
>Four countries on OECD tax haven blacklist [ID:nL2421278]
>Hong Kong says its tax system is transparent [ID:nHKG47822]
>Swiss to defend bank secrecy despite pressure [ID:nL2966789]
>Luxembourg, Austria challenge tax haven listing[ID:nL3488877]
>Uruguay says removed from OECD blacklist [ID:nN03360366]
>Cayman plays down "gray" tax haven listing [ID:nN03354036]
>Malaysia, Philippines say comply with tax law [ID:nKLR404065]

FACTBOXES:
>FACTBOX-Global fight against tax evasion [ID:nN3626729]
>FACTBOX-Five facts about Swiss bank secrecy [ID:nLD240848]
>Germany and Switzerland lock horns on secrecy [ID:nLJ451243]

BANK SECRECY:
>Europe tax havens make bank secrecy concessions[ID:nLD122324]
>Swiss relax bank secrecy, to cooperate on tax [ID:nL303850]
>Liechtenstein eases bank secrecy amid crackdown [ID:nB563832]
>Swiss public wants bank secrecy kept - poll [ID:nLB601545]

IN FOCUS:
>UBS tax deal is Swiss bank secrecy's Waterloo [ID:nLJ100097]
>Others may follow U.S. on deal for tax cheats [ID:nLR718015]
>Bank secrecy move may force wealthy onshore [ID:nLD101464]
>Swiss private banks face consolidation wave [ID:nLN505347]
>Jersey raises floodwalls as tax storm brews [ID:nL6548814]
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(Compiled by Lisa Jucca, Zurich newsroom +41 58 306 7336;
Editing by Guy Dresser and Erica Billingham)