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Liechtenstein prince angers many with 'fourth' Reich letter

Prince Hans-Adam II, Liechtenstein's head of state, angered by Germany's investigation of tax cheating, made the comments in a letter to the Jewish Museum in Berlin explaining why he would not make a painting available...

The world's richest royals, by the billions

Aug 30, 2008

Tatiana Serafin, Forbes.com Earlier this year, Nepal voted to eliminate its 240-year-old Hindu monarchy, and former king Gyanendra was forced to turn over his royal palace in Kathmandu, which has become a museum. At the...

Thai King Tops List of World's Richest Royals With $35B

There is a new leader at the helm of Forbes magazine’s regal rich list, with King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, knocking the Sultan of Brunei off the top spot, the Times of London...

Queen is 12th richest monarch in the world with £349m fortune

The Queen has grown richer in the past year - but not as much as other monarchs The Queen is now the world's 12th richest monarch after slipping one place in the royal rich list since last year, new figures show. But her...

Mystery man behind Liechtenstein tax evasion case

In 2004, Heinrich Kieber told a Viennese criminal psychologist that he no longer held the keys to the kingdom of Liechtenstein, one of the world's leading purveyors of shadowy private-banking services to the wealthy. But...

banksters .....

Last week in Washington we got a rare look inside the global private banking industry, whose high purpose it is to gather up the assets of the world's wealthiest people and many of its worst villains, and shelter them from tax...

Today in The Nation: Global Pirate Bankers

Banks & Banking James S. Henry: Just as the US faces a $500 billion deficit, we learn that for decades, the world's largest banks, hedge funds and accounting firms have been helping wealthy Americans steal billions in unpaid...

Today in The Nation: Attack of the Global Pirate Bankers

For what is the crime of burglarizing a bank, compared with the crime of building one?--Bertholt Brecht EDITOR'S NOTE: Additional reporting for this piece was provided by Lauren Citrome, Samuel W. duPont, Ben Silk, Jessica...

U.S. Senate report examines role of banks in tax evasion

The secrecy surrounding offshore bank accounts was pierced Wednesday by a Senate report that examined how UBS, the big Swiss bank, and LGT, which is run by the royal family of Liechtenstein, helped wealthy individuals evade...

Checkered past for fugitive at center of Liechtenstein fraud case

Heinrich Kieber used a bogus check to buy an apartment in Barcelona and tried to blackmail a prince. He finally got rich by selling stolen bank account data from LGT Group, owned by Liechtenstein's royal family, to German...

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