“…Still, the federal government has had little regulatory control over offshore financial activities in Delaware, WY, Nevada and South Dakota, which are major tax havens. It is on this basis that calls have been made for strengthening integrity in the transnational regulation of illicit finance (Clarke, 2021). Sadly, small tropical jurisdictions have been disproportionately targeted by advanced financial centres, using disciplinary techniques such as naming and shaming, adverse rankings, ratings and blacklisting.…”