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Liechtenstein

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Financial and corporate

In 2008 Liechtenstein experienced a row with Germany over Liechtenstein's banking and tax secrecy, after a former bank employee sold the information of hundreds of clients to investigators in Germany, the UK and the US for $4 million. On top of that, US President Barack Obama has started a crackdown on tax havens around the world, with Liechtenstein gaining the full attention of the US....

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