Sunday 28th April 2013
Commenting on revelations that tax avoiders are using the Greenpeace name to avoid tax in offshore havens, John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, said:
“We had no idea we were named as a beneficiary of this trust and we certainly never received so much as a penny from it. It looks like our name has been exploited by somebody operating from an island notorious for facilitating tax avoidance. Global tax loopholes are costing governments trillions, setting back the fight against poverty and environmental destruction. The fact that tax avoiders may be using the names of campaign groups to pull it off is a distasteful irony. Greenpeace does not accept any money from governments or corporations.”
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