Havens and haven'ts

摘要

Let international criminals, third-world dictators and anybody else with an interest in dodging taxes beware: the world's tax havens are about to be a touch less welcoming. How much less welcoming is still unclear, but on June 19th six "fiscal paradises"—Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Malta, Mauritius and San Marino-informed the prim and proper Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that they agreed with the OECD'S strictures on "harmful tax practices" and were fully committed to eliminating such practices by the end of 2005.