Also @MKSolicitors is not impressed with @fichtner_jan @javiergb_com 's 'Sinks and Conduits' paper http://www.fcpablog.com/blog/2017/9/19/martin-kenney-academics-skew-picture-of-bvi-and-other-offsho.html … (lesson: researchers should talk to practitioners more)
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Replying to @MForstater @MKSolicitors and
This is worth reading http://blog.arachnys.com/panamas-labyrinth?utm_content=63147624&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …
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Replying to @FollowAlisonT @MKSolicitors and
He seems to equate 'layers' of holding companies, use of intermediaries etc.. with the money laundering concept of layering (converting dirty money into assets which look clean). (this is a bad idea to confuse/conflate)
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Also its a bit breathless. Of course multinationals, PEPs, HNWIs use intermediaries to 'leverage their interests' - we all use intermediaries - banks, supermarkets, pension funds, utility companies, travel agents etc...the big question remains legal or illegal?pic.twitter.com/3Frbzd43PN
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The big question is NOT 'legal' or 'illegal' - a highly reductive misconception. Just as
@anticorruption acknowledges, our issue is with structures that are (today) legal. Legality is not the only predicator for wrongdoing or systematic obfuscation.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
The question of whether structures are connected to illegal behaviour seems fairly fundamental
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