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About us Emerald Leasing is a Land Services Leasing company. Our experienced crew of land professional's work both for the interests of Slate Exploration, and as third party contractors for energy companies seeking to outsource their needs for title and leasing. Some of the services we provide our clients include: Negotiating for the acquisition or divestiture of mineral rights Negotiating business agreements that provide for the exploration for and/or development of minerals Determining ownership in minerals through the research of public and private records Reviewing the status of title, curing title defects and otherwise reducing title risk associated with ownership in minerals Managing rights and/or obligations derived from ownership of interests in minerals Unitizing or pooling of interests in minerals

http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/regulation/three-jailed-in-4m-offshore-investment-scam/1050198.article Two men and a woman have been jailed for their part in a £4m offshore boiler room scam based in Spain and Ireland. Brian OBrien and Lynne D'Albertson controlled the operation from Sussex, through a firm called Secure Trade & Title, which acted as a supposedly secure funnel for share purchases.

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A lot has happened to Cyprus over the past 12 to 18 months as the country found itself caught up in the conflagration of the Eurozone debt and banking crisis. As a result, some taxes have been raised on both individuals and companies, but, on the whole, Cyprus remains an attractive jurisdiction for holding companies. Cyprus is no longer an offshore jurisdiction in the strict sense of the word, but its tax regime, coupled with its location at the cross roads of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, an extensive network of double-tax treaties, its membership of the European Union and its sophisticated European business environment and stable economy mean that the island has become an ideal place to locate holding, trading and intermediary companies. Cyprus's taxation regime doesn't stand out particularly among its offshore competitors, but changes to tax legislation approved in 2002 gave Cyprus the lowest rate of corporate tax in the EU at 10%. Cyprus has also adopted the EU's 'Code of Conduct' on 'harmful tax practices' and is placed on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) 'white list' of tax compliant jurisdictions and therefore has a reputational advantage over some of its offshore competitors. Cyprus was also rated as the most attractive tax regime in Europe (with the net attractiveness score of 90%) by a 2009 KPMG poll, ahead of Ireland, Switzerland and Malta.

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