Every year, tens of millions of international travelers land at the sparkling international terminals of Bangkok, Manila, Phnom Penh, and Denpasar. They come seeking lush tropical archipelagos, UNESCO World Heritage temples, renowned culinary traditions, and affordable leisure. Yet running parallel to Southeast Asia’s legitimate hospitality economies is a multibillion-dollar shadow industry: commercial sex tourism. Spanning …
Category: USA
Sep 06
The IRS Global Surveillance Net
The Global Surveillance Net: How the IRS Tracks, Audits, and Enforces Tax Compliance on US Expats Abroad For generations of Americans living overseas, physical distance once offered a practical, if legally tenuous, shield of obscurity. Decades ago, an expatriate working in London, running a hospitality business in Costa Rica, or retiring in Southeast Asia could …