Brussels, 16/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, made a speech to the United Nations' General Assembly in New York on Monday 15 April calling for a global clampdown on tax evasion ahead of a G20 finance ministers summit in Washington on 18 and 19 April.
Tax evasion costs the EU €1 trillion a year, he said, cash that could be spent on education, training, healthcare and investment in infrastructure. He said the EU was preparing to...