The London Connection

Investigating how London enables powerful politicians and their networks to hide their wealth.

Time Period

2015-ongoing

Location

London

Reporters

Simon Bowers
Ted Jeory
Nick Mathiason
Purity Mukami
Lionel Faull
Margot Gibbs
Christian Erikkson
George Turner

Partners

Channel 4, The Guardian
The Observer, The Times
The Mail on Sunday, OCCRP
ICIJ, Premium Times
Africa Uncensored
The Wire (India)
+ others

London is an attractive and useful hub for the global corrupt to launder their loot and reputations.

Billions of pounds have been invested in the capital’s prestigious and pricey real estate – often through secret offshore companies.

Highly paid London lawyers, accountants, bankers wealth managers, property consultants and public affairs compete to serve kleptocrats, their families and hangers-on.

For the past seven years, Finance Uncovered has contributed to, and broken, a large number of articles and films that reveal how these London "enablers" work for highly controversial politically exposed people, while the UK government fails to close down loopholes.

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