
Richard Smith is a researcher documenting shell company abuse. Past collaborations, credited and uncredited, with Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Al-Jazeera, interest.co.nz, Glasgow Herald; blog posts at www.nakedcapitalism.com
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Published in: oDR: NewsEuropean investment scammers allegedly laundered their money through Scotland
Investigations by European and Ukrainian prosecutors revealed an alleged investment fraud targeting hundreds across...
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Published in: oDR: ExplainerNever mind the Pandora Papers: why secrecy still rules in the UK
Thanks to poor drafting and a lack of enforcement, legislation intended to make it clearer who owns UK companies...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationWill the e-money boom make the UK a hub of money laundering?
openDemocracy investigation finds that international money launderers are moving into Britain’s e-money business –...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Nearly 400,000 British companies evade anti-money laundering checks
David Cameron promised to stop scammers and kleptocrats hiding behind British shell companies. But almost one in ten...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: More than 700 British firms blacklisted in Ukraine for suspicious activity
British shell companies provide high prestige with low transparency – perfect for money-laundering, popular across...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationThe Northern Irish ghost companies that mask crime worldwide
Exploitation of workers, corruption and money-laundering, all kept in the shadows by lax regulation. Could Northern...