http://www.globalnomads.com/blog Catering to the Global Nomad - Offshore Finance, Asset Protection, Privacy Tools Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:49:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quoting Swiss Sunday paper Sonntagszeitung, Reuters reports that Swiss bank Credit Suisse has begun closing down offshore accounts of U.S. citizens who haven’t declared their funds to the U.S. authorities. While still a one-on-one measure at the moment, it is excepted to initiate a general move out of the U.S. offshore ... http://www.globalnomads.com/blog/archives/2009/04/12/credit-suisse-starts-nixing-us-offshore-accounts/ BBC reports that the UK government hasn't given up on pushing for secret inquests: Ministers are reintroducing measures to hold some inquests in secret on national security grounds. The new bill covering coroners, murder laws, witness protection and sentencing comes months after the secret inquest plans were dropped in ... http://www.globalnomads.com/blog/archives/2009/01/14/here-we-go-again-uk-secret-inquests-2nd-round/ The government of Vanuatu have recently suspended indefinitely all car, yacht and plane registrations for non-residents. As an alternative, the Cook Islands are now offering a similar program. Cook Islands Vehicle Registration is possible for most ... http://www.globalnomads.com/blog/archives/2008/10/11/vanuatu-suspends-car-registrations-cook-islands-takes-up-the-business/ In a recent interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph, Dr Joel Brenner, the US National Counterintelligence Executive, warned that hundreds of chip and pin machines in stores and supermarkets across Europe have been tampered with to allow details of shoppers’ credit card accounts to be relayed to overseas fraudsters. Criminal gangs ... http://www.globalnomads.com/blog/archives/2008/10/11/credit-card-devices-doctored-by-criminals-during-manufacturing/ Here’s proof positive that Google’s new Chrome browser calls home extensively, making it an undeniable piece of spyware - and possibly another PR disaster in the making for the crowd at the ‘Plex. On the upside, Chrome offers some viable options of turning the tables against them for more efficient ... http://www.globalnomads.com/blog/archives/2008/09/05/googles-chrome-browser-calling-home-blatant-spyware-the-proof/ By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart A lot has been written about last month's conflict between Russia and Georgia, and the continuing tensions in the region. Certainly, there were many important lessons to be gleaned from the conflict relating to the Russian military, Russian foreign policy and the broader geopolitical balance of ... http://www.globalnomads.com/blog/archives/2008/09/03/the-second-cold-war-and-corporate-security/ By George Friedman The United States has been fighting a war in the Islamic world since 2001. Its main theaters of operation are in Afghanistan and Iraq, but its politico-military focus spreads throughout the Islamic world, from Mindanao to Morocco. The situation on Aug. 7, 2008, was as follows: The war in Iraq ... http://www.globalnomads.com/blog/archives/2008/09/03/the-medvedev-doctrine-and-american-strategy/ Fancy a holiday in Dubai? It could be an easy way to obtain a legally valid second drivers liencse (driving licence) This is a new policy introduced following a recent change in the law which requires tourists wishing to rent a car to have either a valid International Driving Permit, or ... http://www.globalnomads.com/blog/archives/2008/07/29/dubai-now-issues-drivers-licenses-to-tourists/ A consignment of 3,000 "useless" blank biometric passports has been stolen on its way to British embassies throughout the world. Or at least, the Identity & Passport Service says they're useless. A recent article in The Register shows why nothing could be further from the truth. The passports were stolen from ... http://www.globalnomads.com/blog/archives/2008/07/29/a-nice-little-business-in-british-passports/ As readers of our Caribbean Offshore Contacts Report are aware, there are only two countries in the world offering so-called Economic Citizenship programs - that is, the chance to buy a legal second citizenship and passport within a matter of weeks. Those two countries are The Commonwealth of Dominica (an ... http://www.globalnomads.com/blog/archives/2008/07/26/how-to-obtain-a-legal-second-passport-by-supporting-the-sugar-industry/