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Inside the shell: Drugs, arms and tax scams

By Gerard Ryle

The man behind shell companies linked to arms deals, drug lords and tax fraud.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vanuatu":

"… aylor, Sir Geoffrey Taylor, Lord Stubbington and as high representative to Vanuatu. In the photo on his personal website his hands remain busy, projecting th …"

"… of the world of tax havens appears to stem from his many years working in Vanuatu, a small, earthquake-prone, tax-haven island in the south Pacific Ocean, a …"

"… n.From 1997 until 2002 Taylor served as vice-president of European Bank, a Vanuatu-based company that was no stranger to controversy. In 1999, U.S. authoriti …"

"… of Taylor's knighthood and his diplomatic career as high representative to Vanuatu lie in Hutt River Province, the third place where his university was, unti …"