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As Panama celebrates its removal this month from the EU's "high-risk" money laundering list, the country is still working to shed its exclusion on other EU and OECD "tax haven" lists by further strengthening tax controls and information sharing.
"I can say that Panama is not a tax haven. It is not, here in Panama there are controls, everything is in place," says Panamanian international tax consultant Luis Ocando. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES