NGOs claim poor countries lose $100bn yearly from tax dodges by EU firms

Tax dodging by EU companies is costing poor countries at least $100bn (€74bn) a year because of the EU's failure to live up to legal obligations to ensure that its policies do not harm developing states, European NGOs said on the 18 September 2013.

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