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offsite link The Lucy Letby Case and the Scourge of Experts Wed Aug 13, 2025 17:13 | Guy de la B?doy?re
From ancient Egypt to the Lucy Letby trial, 'experts' have a habit of dressing up guesswork as certainty, says Guy de la B?doy?re ? and when lives are at stake, that's a dangerous game.
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offsite link Keir Starmer Humiliated as US Slams Britain?s ?Worsening Human Rights? in Bombshell Report Wed Aug 13, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
The US has left the PM red-faced by blasting Britain for cracking down on free speech and civil liberties, warning that human rights have worsened under Keir Starmer's watch.
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offsite link Don?t Put Expensive Items at Front of Stores, Labour Tells Shopkeepers Wed Aug 13, 2025 13:15 | Richard Eldred
Shopkeepers are to blame for the rise in shoplifting, according to Labour's policing minister, who says they should keep items that "obviously people will nick" out of reach.
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offsite link Free Speech Union to Pursue Legal Action Against Thanet Council Over Latest Public Spaces Protection... Wed Aug 13, 2025 11:04 | Richard Eldred
The Free Speech Union is dragging Thanet Council to court, claiming its revamped Public Spaces Protection Order still tramples free expression with a "foul language" ban that criminalises everyday speech.
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offsite link Meet Obki the Alien: Sky TV?s Little Yellow Man Who Aims to Turn Your Children Green Wed Aug 13, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
If you thought Sky Drama was bad when it comes to pumping out climate alarmist propaganda, wait until you watch Sky Kids. Steven Tucker takes a look at Obki, a children's cartoon and mouthpiece for green propaganda.
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offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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Bipartisan Senate ‎and House Bills Tackle Abusive Shell Company Practices

category international | politics / elections | press release author Thursday August 03, 2017 21:22author by Abby Wilhelm - Jubilee USA Network Report this post to the editors

Religious Development Group Welcomes Transparency Legislation

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Corporate Transparency Act.

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Corporate Transparency Act. The bill requires corporations to register the identities of the owners who benefit from the business. The information is then available for law enforcement to identify those who are responsible for crime and corruption. ‎Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Peter King (R-NY) introduced companion legislation in the House in June.

“When we can't find the names of people who actually own and benefit from a company, we can't find perpetrators who used the company to take advantage of poor and vulnerable people," noted Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of the religious development group Jubilee USA. "Anonymous shell companies can be used by corrupt government officials to steal money from their people and by human traffickers who are trying to secretly move money.”

Both bills in front of Congress allow the US Treasury Secretary to collect "beneficial ownership" information for all US companies unless the state where the company was formed opted to collect this information instead.

“The developing world loses a trillion dollars a year because of secrecy, tax evasion and corruption. This legislation helps address one of the ways money secretly leaves poor economies," noted LeCompte. “Senator Rubio and Senator Wyden are moving legislation forward that protects the poor, defends human rights and makes us all safer.”

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