Bermuda among Overseas Territories summoned to London for tax evasion talks

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- Bermuda and other British Overseas Territories (OTs) -- including five Caribbean islands -- have been summoned to a London summit this month as Prime Minister David Cameron seeks more transparency to end what he calls the “scourge of tax evasion”. Cameron has warned Britain's OTs and Crown dependencies that he has made tax avoidance a priority of the G8 summit, which he is to host in Northern Ireland on June 17 and 18. Bermuda rejects the notion that it is a tax haven and sources here said that Finance Minister Bob Richards is likely to be among senior ministers from Bermuda who will attend the summit.