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Kaupthing loans to UK retailer's firm investigated
Icelandic bank's dealings with Kevin Stanford company questionedDetails of loans made by failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing to a company owned by British retail entrepreneur Kevin Stanford have been sent...
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US man set to stand trial over wife's death in the British Virgin Islands
Authorities had initially ruled Shelley Tyre's death an accident and turned her body over to husband David SwainA US scuba shop owner and former town councillor goes on trial this week accused of...
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Diver convicted of wife's drowning 10 years on
US scuba shop owner David Swain found guilty of 'near perfect murder' during holiday in the British Virgin IslandsA US scuba shop owner and former town councillor was convicted yesterday of drowning...
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No leniency for diver convicted of killing his wife, judge rules
A British Virgin Islands judge says David Swain must serve at least 25 years of a mandatory life sentenceA British Virgin Islands judge ruled today that a former Rhode Island dive shop owner must serve...
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Concierge service with royal links assisting tax avoidance
Quintessentially, a concierge service set up by Prince William's friend Ben Elliot, is under fire for helping clients move assets to the notorious British Virgin Islands tax havenA luxury lifestyle...
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Tchenguiz forfeits £220m offshore companies
• Banks have control over web of property interests• One firm, Peverel faces £2.6m claim for alleged overchargingA complex offshore corporate structure created by Mayfair real estate tycoon Vincent...
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Vince Cable's crackdown on tax havens may upset some Lib Dem donors
Two of party's biggest corporate donors are controlled from British Virgin Islands, while senior Lib Dems have links to havensVince Cable's pledge at the Liberal Democrats' autumn conference to work...
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The 'Sark Lark' Britons scattered around the world
From the Caribbean to Cyprus, former Channel islanders are taking money to disguise the ownership of thousands of companiesMany Britons who make a living from "the signing", as they call it, originate...
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Offshore secrets: British Virgin Islands, land of sand, sea and secrecy
Microstate is now the world's biggest provider of offshore entities, yet the UK refuses to step in and force it to reformThe British Virgin Islands (BVI) is a micro-state whose national anthem is God...
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The offshore trick: how BVI 'nominee director' system works
Three pieces of paper are vital in setting up ready-made companiesNominee directors are not illegal and can sometimes be useful, for example in preparing "off-the-shelf" ready-made companies. But the...
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Sham directors: the woman running 1,200 companies from a Caribbean rock
In name, Sarah Petre-Mears runs a global empire. In reality it is a sham, an offshore network of porn sites and luxury property vehicles linked by PO boxes and letter dropsAt the age of 38,...
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Offshore secrets: how many companies do 'sham directors' control?
The Guardian/ICIJ offshore investigation has identified 'nominee' directors controlling thousands of companies across the world. But just how many are there?The Guardian and the Washington-based...
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Revealed: the real identities behind Britain's secret property deals
Latest part of investigation into offshore firms comes as government promises to investigate sham directorsThe real identities behind British property deals previously cloaked in secrecy are revealed...
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How secret offshore firms feed London's property boom
Investigation names investors exploiting offshore tax and duty loopholes allowing overseas purchasers to buy up UK propertyThe UK is increasingly turning into a property speculators' haven, thanks to...
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One Hyde Park: a slice of the British Virgin Islands in central London
Most of block's hyper-luxury flats, costing from £3m to £136m, have been sold to offshore entities – most registered in BVI•Interactive: owners registered in the British Virgin IslandsA single block of...
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Cosmetic surgery millionaire Mel Braham owned secret offshore firm
Head of UK's biggest cosmetic surgery chain, Harley Medical Group, initially denied any links with company in British Virgin IslandsThe millionaire head of a controversial cosmetic surgery chain, the...
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Offshore company directors' links to military and intelligence revealed
Companies making use of offshore secrecy include firm that supplied surveillance software used by repressive regimesA number of nominee directors of companies registered in the British Virgin Islands...
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Kallakis: how offshore secrecy in British Virgin Islands lends itself to fraud
Fraud trial heard how a crook under an assumed name was able to cite forged accounts from two BVI companies he controlledThe Achilleas Kallakis case is a graphic demonstration of the way in which the...
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The spiritualists, the offshore company and the case of the extra millions
Charity headquarters in Belgrave Square, London, were sold for £6m then immediately resold for £15m profitSir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes and an ardent spiritualist, could have...
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British firm accused of supplying poor-quality drugs to Kyrgyzstan
Doctors claim patients suffered side-effects, but company's offshore base prevents UK regulator from interveningA parliamentary commission in the remote and impoverished post-Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan...
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