Matti Kohonen
@mattikohonen.bsky.social
I'm working at the Financial Transparency Coalition, interested in all things tax justice to fund public services, financial transparency to end illicit financial flows, austerity, a Rights-Based Economy and feminist, green and decolonial economies.
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It's crazy that this Swiss subsidiary isn't even listed as existing in Starbucks consolidated accounts in the US.
Great digging by @cictar.bsky.social and @itep.org www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-us...
Great digging by @cictar.bsky.social and @itep.org www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-us...
Starbucks likely avoided taxes on $1.3 billion in profit using a Swiss subsidiary, a new report finds
Starbucks booked millions in profit at a Swiss subsidiary, where the company likely paid less in taxes than it would have elsewhere, a report found.
www.businessinsider.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
It's crazy that this Swiss subsidiary isn't even listed as existing in Starbucks consolidated accounts in the US.
Great digging by @cictar.bsky.social and @itep.org www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-us...
Great digging by @cictar.bsky.social and @itep.org www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-us...
Happening today and excited to participate. Warwick Business School event in London 'From Baku to Belém'. Greater coherence needed between the UNFCCC and the negotiations for the UN Tax Convention to mobilise resources via internatinal tax cooperation and advancing ownership and asset transparency.
March 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Happening today and excited to participate. Warwick Business School event in London 'From Baku to Belém'. Greater coherence needed between the UNFCCC and the negotiations for the UN Tax Convention to mobilise resources via internatinal tax cooperation and advancing ownership and asset transparency.
A great morning run by the Basingstoke Canal, frosty in -5 but no snow in Surrey.
January 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A great morning run by the Basingstoke Canal, frosty in -5 but no snow in Surrey.
Cities like London should invest in pedestrianisation, cycling, and cheaper public transport, making drivers pay isn't enough. I went to London on New Year's day by car due to expensive and unreliable trains and no CC/ULEZ on the day for EVs, I'd not go on any other day to the CC zone. rb.gy/tflyga
London has a congestion charge – and traffic in gridlock. We need other ways to end the obsession with cars | Jonn Elledge
The charge was seen as draconian, but new thinking is now essential. Look to the cities trying a range of bold ideas, says author Jonn Elledge
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Cities like London should invest in pedestrianisation, cycling, and cheaper public transport, making drivers pay isn't enough. I went to London on New Year's day by car due to expensive and unreliable trains and no CC/ULEZ on the day for EVs, I'd not go on any other day to the CC zone. rb.gy/tflyga
The end of fact checking and content moderation on Meta platforms (FB, Insta, Threads) spells the end of meaningful conversation. They just become enablers for hateful, and abusive intent. With many secretive accounts, and hidden ownership, we won't know who even know who is behind it.
rb.gy/tflyga
rb.gy/tflyga
Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The end of fact checking and content moderation on Meta platforms (FB, Insta, Threads) spells the end of meaningful conversation. They just become enablers for hateful, and abusive intent. With many secretive accounts, and hidden ownership, we won't know who even know who is behind it.
rb.gy/tflyga
rb.gy/tflyga
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Who owns London’s luxury real estate? Sometimes there's no way to know.
The family of Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev held properties in the British capital worth millions of dollars. Do they still own them?
We can't tell. They’re hidden behind a secretive offshore trust.
Our latest story🧵👇
The family of Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev held properties in the British capital worth millions of dollars. Do they still own them?
We can't tell. They’re hidden behind a secretive offshore trust.
Our latest story🧵👇
Luxury London Properties Linked to Family of Azerbaijan's President Are Hidden Behind an Offshore Trust
The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Are they still holding onto their property empire? Despite new transpar...
www.occrp.org
December 19, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Who owns London’s luxury real estate? Sometimes there's no way to know.
The family of Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev held properties in the British capital worth millions of dollars. Do they still own them?
We can't tell. They’re hidden behind a secretive offshore trust.
Our latest story🧵👇
The family of Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev held properties in the British capital worth millions of dollars. Do they still own them?
We can't tell. They’re hidden behind a secretive offshore trust.
Our latest story🧵👇
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@stevejgoodrich.bsky.social @bcowdock.bsky.social Checking you saw this from the Isle of Man, given mention of Isle of Man trust in your latest story with OCCRP. Happy Christmas!
Isle of Man Government to grant obliged entities access to its beneficial ownership register from 31 December 2024 onwards - but no move towards legitimate interest access for journalists or civil society yet despite UK government pressure www.gov.im/news/2024/de...
December 20, 2024 at 9:26 AM
@stevejgoodrich.bsky.social @bcowdock.bsky.social Checking you saw this from the Isle of Man, given mention of Isle of Man trust in your latest story with OCCRP. Happy Christmas!
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Instead of building schools and hospitals, billions in public funds from Africa vanish into offshore accounts, luxury real estate and shell companies.
We have analysed 78 cases, revealing where stolen funds end up. Check it out! ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3BoJPZ0
We have analysed 78 cases, revealing where stolen funds end up. Check it out! ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3BoJPZ0
Dirty money’s hiding spots: How corruption funds disappear overseas -…
How dirty money disappears overseas and corruption-linked African assets are hidden in wealthy nations
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December 18, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Instead of building schools and hospitals, billions in public funds from Africa vanish into offshore accounts, luxury real estate and shell companies.
We have analysed 78 cases, revealing where stolen funds end up. Check it out! ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3BoJPZ0
We have analysed 78 cases, revealing where stolen funds end up. Check it out! ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3BoJPZ0
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HMRC fined 83,000 people who earned below the tax threshold for failing to file a tax return.
They should be fighting tax dodging by the richest – not penalising the poorest. taxjustice.uk/blog/hmrc-sh...
They should be fighting tax dodging by the richest – not penalising the poorest. taxjustice.uk/blog/hmrc-sh...
HMRC should focus on tax dodging by the richest
Figures out in October showed that HMRC has issued fines to 83,000 self-employed people on low incomes for failing to file a tax return on time. These people were earning too little to pay any tax at ...
taxjustice.uk
December 12, 2024 at 12:17 PM
HMRC fined 83,000 people who earned below the tax threshold for failing to file a tax return.
They should be fighting tax dodging by the richest – not penalising the poorest. taxjustice.uk/blog/hmrc-sh...
They should be fighting tax dodging by the richest – not penalising the poorest. taxjustice.uk/blog/hmrc-sh...
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Last month, a statement from the U.K.’s foreign secretary said that Isabel dos Santos “systematically abused her positions at state-run companies to embezzle at least [$443 million], depriving Angola of resources and funding for much-needed development.”
UK sanctions Angola’s Isabel dos Santos and associates for ‘stealing country’s wealth for personal gain’ - ICIJ
The British government’s decision follows a series of criminal charges and asset freezes brought by multiple governments against the daughter of Angola’s former president following ICIJ’s 2020 Luanda…
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December 15, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Last month, a statement from the U.K.’s foreign secretary said that Isabel dos Santos “systematically abused her positions at state-run companies to embezzle at least [$443 million], depriving Angola of resources and funding for much-needed development.”
Why we need public beneficial ownership transparency! "Aroland Holdings is a" ... BVI-registered company whose BO ... " is listed as Kuok Khoon Hong, the co-founder of Singapore’s Wilmar International, one of the world’s largest oil palm plantation owners."
tinyurl.com/5fz3krct 1/4
tinyurl.com/5fz3krct 1/4
Shard to share title of tallest building in UK as new skyscraper gets green light
The new building, 1 Undershaft, will be 309.6m tall, matching the height of the Shard to the centimetre
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December 14, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Why we need public beneficial ownership transparency! "Aroland Holdings is a" ... BVI-registered company whose BO ... " is listed as Kuok Khoon Hong, the co-founder of Singapore’s Wilmar International, one of the world’s largest oil palm plantation owners."
tinyurl.com/5fz3krct 1/4
tinyurl.com/5fz3krct 1/4
A great opportunity to publish a paper on offshore secrecy, esp. if you're into social theory, Georg Simmel, econ sociology or socio-economics.
Calling all social scientists whose work touches on offshore finance! Please submit your work to the special issue of the journal Socio-Economic Review that I'll be guest editing with my fellow sociologist Kimberly Kay Hoang & historian Vanessa Ogle. Due date:15 May.
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academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf...
December 9, 2024 at 4:50 PM
A great opportunity to publish a paper on offshore secrecy, esp. if you're into social theory, Georg Simmel, econ sociology or socio-economics.
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In the 1980s–90s, many previously prominent social scientific questions on power and inequality faded into the background. Our brand-new article w/ @phdskat.org at @ripejournal.bsky.social probes into this dynamic through the concept of 'corporate escape' 🧵 1/10 www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...
December 8, 2024 at 9:53 AM
In the 1980s–90s, many previously prominent social scientific questions on power and inequality faded into the background. Our brand-new article w/ @phdskat.org at @ripejournal.bsky.social probes into this dynamic through the concept of 'corporate escape' 🧵 1/10 www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...
This week is the 2nd Prep Committee for 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) taking place in Seville, 30 Jun-3 Jul. This matters for tackling Illicit Financial Flows, the international tax and debt architecture and transparency of private finance, tinyurl.com/3b8fpenr 1/8
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December 2, 2024 at 10:37 AM
This week is the 2nd Prep Committee for 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) taking place in Seville, 30 Jun-3 Jul. This matters for tackling Illicit Financial Flows, the international tax and debt architecture and transparency of private finance, tinyurl.com/3b8fpenr 1/8
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Amazon will make billions from Black Friday.
Their workers across the country are protesting today, highlighting poor working conditions and Amazon's tax avoidance.
It's time the government stop the tax breaks and #MakeAmazonPay
Their workers across the country are protesting today, highlighting poor working conditions and Amazon's tax avoidance.
It's time the government stop the tax breaks and #MakeAmazonPay
November 29, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Amazon will make billions from Black Friday.
Their workers across the country are protesting today, highlighting poor working conditions and Amazon's tax avoidance.
It's time the government stop the tax breaks and #MakeAmazonPay
Their workers across the country are protesting today, highlighting poor working conditions and Amazon's tax avoidance.
It's time the government stop the tax breaks and #MakeAmazonPay
Why should funders prioritise the #UN #FfD4 conference in Seville, Jul/2025? The Global Financial Architecture on international tax and debt co-operation, regulating private finance and trade flows is being framed (if not directly defined) starting negotiation tracks, processes:
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bubs.live/FGyxHxGa3
Setting the global agenda for tax, debt and international aid through 2035
THE FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
taicollaborative.org
November 25, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Why should funders prioritise the #UN #FfD4 conference in Seville, Jul/2025? The Global Financial Architecture on international tax and debt co-operation, regulating private finance and trade flows is being framed (if not directly defined) starting negotiation tracks, processes:
bubs.live/FGyxHxGa3
bubs.live/FGyxHxGa3
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Livestreamed/Geneva event! "Exploring the Linkages between the Human Rights Economy with and the Right to Development" 26 Nov, 15:30-16:45 CET, Room XXVII, Palais des Nations. UN SR Right to Development, Act Alliance, CIDSE, @hrw.org, @cesr.bsky.social, Franciscans Intl. Stream: tinyurl.com/yrrpe3r7
November 22, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Livestreamed/Geneva event! "Exploring the Linkages between the Human Rights Economy with and the Right to Development" 26 Nov, 15:30-16:45 CET, Room XXVII, Palais des Nations. UN SR Right to Development, Act Alliance, CIDSE, @hrw.org, @cesr.bsky.social, Franciscans Intl. Stream: tinyurl.com/yrrpe3r7
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Yes!!! 👏 EU governments reject the amendments that would weaken the EU deforestation law! 🍃🌲
#EUDR #deforestation #NatureLoss #biodiversity #Amazon
#EUDR #deforestation #NatureLoss #biodiversity #Amazon
#DeforestationLaw: "Conservative and far-right MEPs tried to carve out loopholes bigger than the Amazon rainforest at this late, late stage, and it cannot be tolerated."
We're urging EU governments: take a stand and save the #EUDR
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...
We're urging EU governments: take a stand and save the #EUDR
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...
Deforestation law: EU governments reject chaotic amendments sought by MEPs - Greenpeace European Unit
EU governments have rejected a set of amendments that the European Parliament voted for last week and which would dramatically weaken the EU deforestation law.
www.greenpeace.org
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Yes!!! 👏 EU governments reject the amendments that would weaken the EU deforestation law! 🍃🌲
#EUDR #deforestation #NatureLoss #biodiversity #Amazon
#EUDR #deforestation #NatureLoss #biodiversity #Amazon
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⚠️WARNING⚠️ UK Zone Fever has the most malign backers on the planet.
Trump is the man who Peter Thiel (PayPal/Palantir) urged to fire the nation’s civil servants to “replace them with our people”, to defy the courts and rule his own way. Or, to put this in simple terms: to foment a coup.
Thread
Trump is the man who Peter Thiel (PayPal/Palantir) urged to fire the nation’s civil servants to “replace them with our people”, to defy the courts and rule his own way. Or, to put this in simple terms: to foment a coup.
Thread
Billionaires Are Suing the Honduran Government for Blocking Their Profit-Making Scheme
US billionaires are trying to establish a libertarian city-state in Honduras to evade democratic constraints. As progressive president Xiomara Castro resists their efforts, the Peter Thiel–backed firm...
jacobin.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:01 AM
⚠️WARNING⚠️ UK Zone Fever has the most malign backers on the planet.
Trump is the man who Peter Thiel (PayPal/Palantir) urged to fire the nation’s civil servants to “replace them with our people”, to defy the courts and rule his own way. Or, to put this in simple terms: to foment a coup.
Thread
Trump is the man who Peter Thiel (PayPal/Palantir) urged to fire the nation’s civil servants to “replace them with our people”, to defy the courts and rule his own way. Or, to put this in simple terms: to foment a coup.
Thread
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🚨 BREAKING: Corporations and the super-rich dodged £388 billion to tax last year — and the UK enabled £102 billion of this.
Tax abuse by corporations and the super-rich is out of control — but the UN is trying to change this.
Read on to find out more⬇️
Tax abuse by corporations and the super-rich is out of control — but the UN is trying to change this.
Read on to find out more⬇️
November 19, 2024 at 12:04 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Corporations and the super-rich dodged £388 billion to tax last year — and the UK enabled £102 billion of this.
Tax abuse by corporations and the super-rich is out of control — but the UN is trying to change this.
Read on to find out more⬇️
Tax abuse by corporations and the super-rich is out of control — but the UN is trying to change this.
Read on to find out more⬇️
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🚨New research: $492 billion in tax is being lost globally every year into tax havens.
Two thirds of that is multinational corporations shifting profits offshore.
Read the research from @taxjusticenet.bsky.social:
taxjustice.net/press/world-...
Two thirds of that is multinational corporations shifting profits offshore.
Read the research from @taxjusticenet.bsky.social:
taxjustice.net/press/world-...
World losing half a trillion to tax abuse, largely due to 8 countries blocking UN tax reform, annual report finds | Tax Justice Network
Multinational corporations cheated more after getting tax cuts, largest inadvertent real-world testing of corporate tax policies reveals Countries are losing US$492 billion in tax a year to multinatio...
taxjustice.net
November 19, 2024 at 12:09 PM
🚨New research: $492 billion in tax is being lost globally every year into tax havens.
Two thirds of that is multinational corporations shifting profits offshore.
Read the research from @taxjusticenet.bsky.social:
taxjustice.net/press/world-...
Two thirds of that is multinational corporations shifting profits offshore.
Read the research from @taxjusticenet.bsky.social:
taxjustice.net/press/world-...
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Countries are losing half a trillion $ to tax havens a year. The UK is the 2nd biggest loser but is 1 of 8 countries opposed to a #UNtaxConvention that would fix this.
@alexcobham.bsky.social talks with BBC World New about our new State of #TaxJustice2024 report bit.ly/SOTJ24
youtu.be/Uhx5C5wLFQo
@alexcobham.bsky.social talks with BBC World New about our new State of #TaxJustice2024 report bit.ly/SOTJ24
youtu.be/Uhx5C5wLFQo
Alex Cobham BBC interview - State of Tax Justice 19 Nov 2024
YouTube video by Tax Justice Network
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November 19, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Countries are losing half a trillion $ to tax havens a year. The UK is the 2nd biggest loser but is 1 of 8 countries opposed to a #UNtaxConvention that would fix this.
@alexcobham.bsky.social talks with BBC World New about our new State of #TaxJustice2024 report bit.ly/SOTJ24
youtu.be/Uhx5C5wLFQo
@alexcobham.bsky.social talks with BBC World New about our new State of #TaxJustice2024 report bit.ly/SOTJ24
youtu.be/Uhx5C5wLFQo
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@g20org.bsky.social in its Leaders' Declaration says "we will seek to engage cooperatively to ensure that
ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed." But, relying on the OECD BEPS Inclusive Framework is unlikely to deliver, a future protocol under UN FCITC is more likely. rb.gy/7mlmvq
ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed." But, relying on the OECD BEPS Inclusive Framework is unlikely to deliver, a future protocol under UN FCITC is more likely. rb.gy/7mlmvq
November 19, 2024 at 12:31 PM
@g20org.bsky.social in its Leaders' Declaration says "we will seek to engage cooperatively to ensure that
ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed." But, relying on the OECD BEPS Inclusive Framework is unlikely to deliver, a future protocol under UN FCITC is more likely. rb.gy/7mlmvq
ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed." But, relying on the OECD BEPS Inclusive Framework is unlikely to deliver, a future protocol under UN FCITC is more likely. rb.gy/7mlmvq
Event alert! Warwick Uni, "Roundtable: The UN Tax Convention, Global Cooperation and Fiscal Justice", 4pm - 6pm, Wed, 27, FAB0.80 (Ground Floor, Faculty of Arts), in person only with Maria Ron Balsera @cesr.bsky.social, Prof. Sol Picciotto, John Snappe. More info: tinyurl.com/43fbxpc2
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November 20, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Event alert! Warwick Uni, "Roundtable: The UN Tax Convention, Global Cooperation and Fiscal Justice", 4pm - 6pm, Wed, 27, FAB0.80 (Ground Floor, Faculty of Arts), in person only with Maria Ron Balsera @cesr.bsky.social, Prof. Sol Picciotto, John Snappe. More info: tinyurl.com/43fbxpc2
Decided to move over here, both myself and the organisation I work for @fintrco.bsky.social . Any good migration tools, or similar tips for the recent migrants. I feel one of the biggest things we're leaving behind is the following both I and esp. FTC have built over 15 / 20 years respectively.
November 20, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Decided to move over here, both myself and the organisation I work for @fintrco.bsky.social . Any good migration tools, or similar tips for the recent migrants. I feel one of the biggest things we're leaving behind is the following both I and esp. FTC have built over 15 / 20 years respectively.