China

Newt Utopia: Asian Offshore Centers

July 5, 2005

Offshore in China; Hong Kong, a brief history; Hong Kong as an Offshore Administrative Base; Macau, a brief history; Macau as an Offshore Administrative Base; How modern Offshore Bookies are operating; and No-Lose Wagering.

Russia: Rybak Komchatki

May 17, 2005

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into the alleged embezzlement of the proceeds of the sale of a ship named Rybak Komchatki which were allegedly transferred to a company domiciled in Oregon called SV Financial, which was owned by Victor Kaganov and managed by Oregon dentist Anna Shimanovsky and her husband, Roman Shimanovsky, according to the request for assistance.

Newt Utopia: Newt Utopia: Latest Developments in Dominica, Bermuda and China

February 28, 2005

Dominica; Bermuda; and China - there're coming.

Russia: Firma Vneshtorg JSC

August 16, 2004

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into suspected tax evasion by Firma Vneshtorg JSC.

Newt Utopia: China and Taiwan swapping money for recognition

March 31, 2003

The Chinese Caribbean.

Newt Utopia: Chinese if you please!

June 30, 2002

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the bond market and you knew all the rules and regulations and the history behind defaulted sovereign debt, up comes something to show you were wrong. A client brought in for me a number of Chinese bonds that were issued in 20 pound denominations in 1913. The bonds have writing in the front that these can be paid in pounds, marks, rubles or francs. The bonds are written in English, German, French, Russian on, on their face, is written "The Chinese Government 5% Reorganization Gold Loan of 1913". Approximately 25 million pounds (Sterling) were issued.

Newt Utopia: April 30, 2001

April 30, 2001

China I have business associates who travel regularly to China. I also work with Chinese businessmen who conduct a lot of business in the US. From both perspectives, the recent air crash incident involving the United States was most cumbersome,

Newt Utopia on Cuban offshore structures, flight of physical assets from distressed regions and more

November 30, 2000

Make it a two way street please ... MLATs, Treaties, Memorandums of Understanding, Conventions Against Illicit Traffic, EU Council Directives, Basle Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision... One way streets the lot of them, nothing more than wide boulevards leading

Omega Trust and Trading investment farce ends after six-year run

August 31, 2000

One of the longest-running investment farces ever ended this month when 19 people were criminally indicted in relation to a so-called 'offshore trading program' known as Omega Trust and Trading Ltd. The scheme has been going on since at least January, 1994 and has raised at least $12.5 million, according to an indictment filed at the US District Court for the Central District of Illinois on August 18.

BSX secures listing of another Cayman mutual fund – China Energy

September 30, 1998

The Bermuda Stock Exchange has approved the listing of up to 4.5 million voting common shares of the China Energy, Metal & Mining Fund - China Mining Sub Fund. The fund is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and is structured as a closed-ended umbrella fund. It is the latest in a long line of Cayman registered funds that have decided to list in Bermuda rather than their place of domicile.

Bahamas ditches Taiwan for China

May 28, 1997

The future of Taiwan's economic link with the Bahamas has been jeopardized after the Bahamas broke its eight-year diplomatic relationship with Taiwan in favour of China, the Nassau Guardian reported.The policy shift followed the opening of an $80 million container port in Freeport, in which Hutchison Port Property, a subsidiary of Anglo/Sino firm Hutchison Whampoa, has a 50 per cent stake, reported the Guardian.