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Global super-rich hide $21 trillion in tax havens [1]

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By Yenni Kwok, for CNN

July 25, 2012 -- Updated 0715 GMT (1515 HKT)
 
Switzerland is among the world's most popular tax havens, according to the advocacy group Tax Justice Network
Switzerland is among the world's most popular tax havens, according to the advocacy group Tax Justice Network
 

(CNN) -- The world's super-rich had between $21 trillion and $32 trillion of wealth hidden in tax havens by the end of 2010, a new study says.

The size of these unreported financial assets is equivalent to, or even larger than, the combined GDPs of the United States and Japan, representing up to $280 billion in lost tax revenues.

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