Tax evasion ‘costs the lives of 1,000 children a day’

by | May 12, 2008

The lives of 1,000 young children a day are being lost to disease and poverty in poor countries because of illegal trade-related tax evasion, says a new report from Christian Aid. It has calculated that this evasion costs the developing world at least US$160bn in lost...

UK mining companies complicit in abuse of poor says report

by | Nov 20, 2007

British mining corporations supported by the UK government, such as Vedanta Resources, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, are complicit in human rights abuse while making huge profits in developing countries. This charge is made today by the anti-poverty charity War on Want...