Plantation giant Socfin accused of dodging taxes in Africa

Mongabay
Oct 21, 2021, 9:54 am180 pts
By the OECD’s estimates, every year countries in Africa are cheated out of more than $50 billion in taxes, mainly by multinational corporations that run mines, oil wells, and plantations on the continent. That figure is higher than the total amount of development aid given to countries in sub-Saharan Africa…

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