The tax lost to offshore is more than five times the cost of achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Minamon made these films prior to the current global financial crisis. We wanted to highlight the inequality of a system that enables corporations and rich individuals to pay financial institutions to help them legally rob countries of tax that is needed to pay for vital public services.

The world's High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) hold around $11.5 trillion of assets offshore, which would generate a return of about $860 billion a year, and a consequent tax loss of $255 billion. So whilst the 'average Joe' will be fined £100 if he is a day late paying his tax, the HNWIs pay little or no tax on their vast assets.

Whilst the world has been plunged into the darkest financial crisis, there are those who helped cause the problem that are allowed to walk away with £8 million bonuses whilst 'little people' lose their homes, jobs and way of life.

An estimated £400 billion of public money (4 times our NHS budget) is being used to bail out our big banks. These banks were audited by the likes of Price Waterhouse Cooper, KPMG, Deloittes and Ernst Young. Why aren't they held to account for their negligence in allowing these banks to play with our money?

Tell Gordon Brown and The Chancellor that you will not stand for your money being used to bail out banks without proper transparent regulation and an immediate stop to Offshore Financial Centres.

Read more here: Tax is now at the heart of the development agenda

It is time to change this legalised thieving - Pass it on!