Offshore Digital Data Storage

It’s been a while since I wrote anything about technology and it’s getting a little tedious to write about compliance topics all the time. So I decided to write a little bit about offshore data storage, which is the concept of storing digital data in a foreign jurisdiction for whatever…

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Living, Doing Business, and Banking in Thailand

What’s warm, politically stable, has very low if not zero taxes, and a business-friendly environment? Yep, you guessed it. Cayman Islands. What’s warm, politically unstable, has onerous taxes, and so much red-tape that it would make even an Italian bureaucrat jealous? Sawadee! Welcome to Thailand, the topic of today’s casual…


A Month in the Life of

(A partly unfinished version of this article was initially published. I have amended this now.) This is an old request that I have been struggling with. I don’t like talking about myself for a number of reasons (privacy and compartmentalization of the Streber persona, worried it comes of self-aggrandizing, or…


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Jurisdiction Spotlight: Malta (revisited)

I have practically run out of new tax havens to write about so it’s time to revisit some old articles, which I strongly feel are in need of some polishing. First in line is one of my personal favourites: Malta. Overview Malta is made up of a a couple of…


AEOI Mitigation (How to Avoid AEOI, CRS, FATCA)

The idea of automatic EOI (AEOI) goes back far in time and finding means to avoid AEOI is an idea at least as old. The first realizations were first the so-called EU Savings Directive and then the big bomb: FATCA. EOI is short for Exchange Of Information. The information referred…


Jurisdiction Spotlight: Dominican Republic

Often confused with Dominica, the Dominican Republic is that Spanish-speaking country which shares an islands with Haiti. It also one of the nastiest tax havens around, home to barely-regulated offshore banks and secretive companies. Overview The Dominican Republic is located on the island of Hispanola and some smaller islands. It…


Offshore Basics

Offshore Basics

Since I brought STREBER Weekly (which is more bi-weekly right now) back, I have made better use of services such as Google Analytics to see how you find my little corner of the internet. There is a lot of good interaction going on in the comments as well as the…


STREBER Weekly The Five Categories of Offshore Jurisdictions

The Five Categories of Jurisdictions

But first Let’s address the elephant in the room first: the dormancy of the blog. I have ideas for blog posts but limited time in which to write them. I don’t want to sacrifice on quality by sticking to a schedule so for the coming months, the blog will probably…



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Vacation Update

After a few days of turmoil, I have an update to share. Articles / Blog Posts In terms of written content, I am happy to report a complete recovery except for Jurisdiction Spotlight: Luxembourg. Out of over 150 articles, I am quite content re-writing one article. Thanks to two members…


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