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There are limits to what OECD can do on taxation matters

Brussels, 01/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - There are limits to what the OECD can do in the fight against tax evasion and tax optimisation, explained Alex Cobham, Director of Research of the Tax Justice Network, at a conference on Wednesday 1 June organised by the S&D group at the European Parliament.

Stressing that the OECD is an instrument of government, he joked that after the Panama Papers scandal broke, representatives of the Paris-based institution said that Panama was the last big...