01060nam a22001337a 4500100003100000245005800031260005200089300000800141520062900149650004400778856008400822942000700906999001300913  aGlobal Financial Integrity  aWorldwide Counter-Illicit Financial Flows Initiatives  aWashington DCbGlobal Financial Integrityc2013  a9p.  aThe article gives a detailed bilateral tax treaties have included provisions for exchanging information on financial transactions and  assets of non residents for decades. Under most existing agreements and the current OECD model, information is generally only exchanged upon request, and the requesting country must know basic identifying information about a non resident account holder in order to make a viable request. Many countries have recognized that this method is inadequate, and the alternative, for countries to collect and automatically exchange such information, has become the emerging international standard.  aTAX EVASION, TAX HAVENS, ILLICIT WEALTH  uhttp://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/gfi-worldwide-iff-initiatives-2013.pdf  cNA  c254d254