Two years ago, boris johnson dismissed the intelligence and security committee's russia report. The economic crime act does begin to impose transparency on the offshore companies that own about 87 thousand properties in england and wales. But it is, sadly, at the moment, a extremely flawed system. And until we take investigating e money as seriously as they do, we are never going to come close to doing anything about it.
Bestselling investigative journalist Oliver Bullough discusses his recent book, Butler to the World, which details how Britain became a favoured destination for funnelling the finances of oligarchs and the globe's super rich. He joins fellow journalist and broadcaster Manveen Rana to talk about the book and how international finance plays into the current situation in Ukraine.
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