Ethics and governance in the European Financial centers

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was this morning on the French radio channel. He explained he is willing to attack the havens “with dynamite”. For the moment, the weapons were “too light”, in his opinion. Dominique Strauss-Kahn wishes progress in this field at the time of the European summit of March and G20 in London early April.
Sunday, the French Minister for the Budget, Eric Woerth, had estimated that tax havens were a “shame”. He announced retaliatory measures against the banks making money in these jurisdictions.

In an article a couple of months ago I underlined the risks in Luxembourg because of companies linked to exotic jurisdictions that are tolerated despite "red flags" in official sources.
Iceland Review yesterday published an interesting article that confirms that the Luxembourg jurisdiction may be used to commit frauds.
According to the newspaper such companies are first and foremost established to hide ownership patterns or funds and assets that were earned in a questionable manner.
Former Minister of Business Affairs Björgvin G. Sigurdsson stated that "One of the main things that must be done when this legal frame is reviewed, is to prevent such things from happening again".