PUBLICATION/ Feb 2015

Corruption on Your Doorstep: How Corrupt Capital is Used to Buy Property in the UK

Corruption on your Doorstep looks at how corrupt money is used to buy property in the UK by analysing data from the Land Registry and Metropolitan Police Proceeds of Corruption Unit.  Findings in the report include the fact that 36342 London properties totalling 2.25 sq miles are held by offshore haven companies.


The research – analysing data from the Land Registry and Metropolitan Police Proceeds of Corruption Unit – found that 75% of properties whose owners are under investigation for corruption made use of offshore corporate secrecy to hide their identities.

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Corruption on Your Doorstep: How Corrupt Capital is Used to Buy Property in the UK

Dominic Kavakeb 
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