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The German government is urging EU member states to take joint action against tax evasion. The move has been sparked by a German investigation into suspected tax offenders with bank accounts in Liechtenstein. That probe has now spread globally. Around a dozen countries are now investigating taxpayers hiding their money in the principality. Grace Perez-Navarro is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration at the OECD in Paris. Liechtenstein is on the OECD’s list of "un-cooperative tax havens". Helen Seeney asked her if she was surprised at how this tax scandal had esc