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Whale Hunting

Treasure Islands: Secrecy, Shell Companies, and Sunny Tax Havens

Feb 28, 2024
25:17

How fast can you set up a shell company? We bet Jason Sharman can do it quicker. A Cambridge academic, author, and an expert witness, Professor Sharman is also a founder of the niche sport of time-trialed shell company formation. He’s spent more than a decade studying corruption, money laundering and tax havens, visiting at least 20 so-called treasure islands during his studies. This week on Whale Hunting, host Bradley Hope interviews Professor Sharman on his journey into the world of offshore finance, from his initial curiosity about the power of small states, to his groundbreaking investigations into how dark money shapes the destiny of nations around the world. 

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