Book of the week
May 13, 2022
2 minutes
“Britain’s lax rules on money laundering and disclosure have made it attractive to kleptocrats and criminals”
Butler to the World
How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals Oliver Bullough Profile, £20
The sanctions imposed in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have thrown into sharp focus how much of Britain’s landmark assets, from property to football clubs, are in the hands of, by Oliver Bullough, argues that this is no unhappy accident. It is the result of decades of policy, pursued by the government and the City of London, which threw Britain wide open to inflows of dirty money and deliberately encouraged and facilitated its entry into the City.
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