What is state capture and why does it matter?
Different forms are distinguished by who exercises control and which institutions they targetRead more: How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco...
View ArticleThe London office, the empty boxes and the £1bn tax loophole
Exclusive: How a court case over an unoccupied office block could end a widely used tax avoidance schemeFrom the outside, the seven-storey building at 2 America Square looks like any other office block...
View Article‘A mockery’: how offshore tax havens are thwarting the UK’s transparency push
Critics say ownership registers are too costly and too complicated, scuppering attempts to expose alleged money launderingSince Britain’s offshore secrecy jurisdictions caved in to pressure from...
View ArticleCaribbean calls for return of British Virgin Islands – and for King Charles...
At London briefing, Caricom Reparations Commission decries fact region remains ‘most colonised part of world’The main reparations committee for Caribbean nations has called on the UK to return the...
View Article‘Like fleeing to Southampton’: was Mandelson escape ‘plot’ just a joke?
A story that started in the British Virgin Islands led to a sensational arrest 4,000 miles away – but was it ever more than a shaggy dog story?Is it really plausible that Peter Mandelson could have...
View ArticleRussian firms have routed $8bn of trade through British island territories...
Anti-corruption group Transparency International has catalogued ‘sanctions circumvention’ channelled through ‘unaccountable jurisdictions’Russian companies have used Britain’s secretive island...
View ArticleWalking into disaster: the narcotrafficking scandal that blew up the BVI –...
When the new premier of the British Virgin Islands said he needed an armed security detail, his chief of police knew trouble was on its wayBy Edward Siddons. Read by Simon DarwenContinue reading...
View ArticleCourt battle over Picasso art exposes offshore finances of Farage’s...
Exclusive: Sasan Ghandehari reluctant to share details of $10bn trust in row with Christie’s auction houseA high court battle over a Picasso painting has shone a light on the offshore financial...
View ArticleWalking into disaster: the narcotrafficking scandal that blew up the BVI
When the new premier of the British Virgin Islands said he needed an armed security detail, his chief of police knew trouble was on its wayAugustus James Ulysses Jaspert, Gus for short, arrived in...
View ArticleUK accused of caving-in to British Virgin Islands over access to companies...
Parliamentary group urges government to clamp down on overseas territories before flagship anti-corruption summitThe UK government has been accused of caving-in to pressure from the British Virgin...
View ArticleAnti-corruption champion sent to UK offshore haven amid secrecy concerns
Foreign Office sending Margaret Hodge to British Virgin Islands to investigate slow progress against financial crimeThe Foreign Office will dispatch the UK’s anti-corruption champion, Margaret Hodge,...
View ArticleCaribbean leaders back Jamaica petition to King Charles for slavery reparations
Caricom summit gives ‘broad support’ for request to Charles as region steps up campaign for justice Caribbean leaders are backing Jamaica’s petition to King Charles on reparations as the region...
View ArticleBritish overseas territories miss final deadline to crack down on ‘dirty money’
Island havens accused of ‘defying the will of parliament’ after failing to initiate corporate transparency measuresThe UK is edging towards a constitutional showdown with some of its overseas...
View ArticleUK offshore havens miss deadline for transparency plans
British Virgin Islands criticised for launching financial crime-fighting cartoon mascot before new legislationUK offshore havens have missed a deadline to publish their plans to improve corporate...
View ArticleUK shipping firm used enslaved workers in Caribbean after abolition, study finds
Postal Museum says research featured in new exhibition shows how global postal service was ‘tool of empire’A British shipping company that became the largest in the world at the height of empire...
View ArticleNew British Virgin Isles measures don’t protect businesses or privacy – they...
If overseas territories refuse to implement meaningful corporate transparency reforms, we must use our powers to ensure they doJoe Powell is chair of the APPG on anti-corruption and responsible...
View ArticleBritish Virgin Islands accused of ‘shameful’ attempt to avoid financial crime...
MPs write to premier over BVI proposals for new register of who owns firms registered on islandsOpinion: New British Virgin Islands measures don’t protect businesses or privacy – they protect...
View ArticleRoman Abramovich’s tax affairs must be investigated, MPs say
Cross-party group on tax calls for HMRC to act after Guardian investigation finds former Chelsea owner may owe up to £1bnRoman Abramovich may owe HMRC £1bn, analysis showsRevealed: how Abramovich...
View ArticleWe must stop UK territories laundering money, say politicians
Margaret Hodge and Andrew Mitchell criticise ‘dither and delay’ that they say protects corruption and conflictOpen registers are only way to stop dirty moneyThe UK’s offshore financial centres must...
View ArticleOpen registers are only way to stop dirty money that underpins crime |...
We know too well that overseas territories and crown dependencies play a pivotal role in helping crooks and tax dodgersWe must stop UK territories laundering money, say politiciansThis week, UK...
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