{"id":124755,"date":"2022-03-01T00:39:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T17:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/boris-johnson-promises-uk-property-register-to-expose-kleptocrat-money\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T01:03:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T18:03:18","slug":"boris-johnson-promises-uk-property-register-to-expose-kleptocrat-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/boris-johnson-promises-uk-property-register-to-expose-kleptocrat-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson promises UK property register to expose kleptocrat money"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPlans first announced under David Cameron would strip secrecy from offshore ownership including by senior Russian figuresAs the government acts to squeeze Russian oligarchs in the wake of Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, Boris Johnson has promised to rush forward plans for a new public register, revealing the ultimate owners of properties across the UK.The government had previously failed to act, despite the vast offshore leak known as the Pandora Papers revealing last year the details of 1,500 UK properties owned through secretive offshore companies, some of them connected to senior Russian figures. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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