Großbritannien wird kein Zufluchtsort für schmutziges Geld sein, sagt Lammy im Kampf gegen Korruption | David Lammy

It’s good to hear corruption is taken seriously, but I find it difficult to get it into the context of the historical record of Russian oligarchy being welcomed by Tory fund managers, their MPs and the well known favours practices politicians of all shades are prone to experiencing. Is it not also a massive question mark over this intention that networks of shops and cash flow businesses now exist all over the UK appear to process and rinse money from illicit businesses ? How are these issues being addressed by this initiative?

Exactly that’s what the channel islands are for, or the virgin Islands!

If he’s not joking and he has the power, he should stop the „Golden Visa“ (Tier 1 Investor), whereby investing just £2 million, anyone can obtain a visa, start extradition of criminals and money launderers upon request by other countries, and stop offshore property and finance.

Start the extradition of China’s Zhimin Qian, who arrived with approximately $6 billion in Bitcoin from investment fraud before her eventual UK conviction. From India, diamond tycoon Nirav Modi (wanted for a $2 billion bank fraud) and former „Kingfisher“ boss Vijay Mallya (accused of £1 billion in fraud) both fled to London to fight extradition. Russian exiles include former banker Andrey Borodin, who secured asylum after accusations of a $400 million fraud, and tycoon Yevgeny Chichvarkin, who fled extortion charges. Pakistan’s former PM Nawaz Sharif, who spent four years in London avoiding a prison sentence related to £32 million in property assets, and Nigerian governors James Ibori and Diepreye Alamieyeseigha; Ibori was imprisoned in the UK for laundering over £100 million, while Alamieyeseigha famously jumped bail disguised as a woman to escape money laundering charges involving over £10 million.