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INSIGHT-Few sanctioned Russian oligarchs disclose UK property, despite new law
By Andrew MacAskill, Ryan McNeill and Sinead Cruise LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Subsequent Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine past yr, Britain trumpeted new legislation requiring residence-possession disclosure aimed at cracking down on Russian oligarchs and corrupt elites laundering illicit wealth. Overseas corporations holding Uk assets experienced until the finish of Tuesday to detect their “beneficial owners” in a new public register, producing Britain one particular of the 1st international locations to do so. But a Reuters analysis of govt information discovered that the people today guiding a lot more than ten thousand United kingdom-assets owning overseas companies remain shielded from general public view. Extra than 19,700 abroad organizations had disclosed…

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