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We are back with the #ABCsofEconomicCrime!

In this week’s ABCs: The Commission of Inquiry to Allegations of State Capture, Corruption & Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State, i.e. the #StateCaptureInquiry
2 years & almost R800 million later, do we really understand what #StateCapture is, what a commission of inquiry is & what powers the #StateCaptureInquiry has? We answer this in the #ABCsofEconomicCrime.
#StateCapture is not unique to South Africa. State capture is a common form of corruption in many transitional and developing nations. #ABCsofEconomicCrime
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Tax season has arrived & while SARS commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, has aptly reminded us all to pay our taxes. Why the focus on ordinary citizens when corporate tax avoidance/evasion amounts to over R7bn a year?

moneyweb.co.za/mymoney/moneyw…
According to 2 groundbreaking studies on corporate tax avoidance in SA, mining companies & financial service firms are the biggest culprits of tax avoidance. This should probably be unsurprising as these corporates are serial offenders in economic crime.
businesslive.co.za/fm/features/20…
Given consultancy firm, Bain & Co's disastrous restructuring of SARS which resulted in R100bn decline in tax revenue, corporate criminals should be high on SARS' agenda.
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