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Leghorn21

(13,524 posts) Fri Mar 23, 2018, 09:37 PM Mar 2018

Bill Browder (Magnitsky Act) helps take a chunk of the UK out of mobster clutches:

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BILLIONS, MAN

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Bill Browder (Magnitsky Act) helps take a chunk of the UK out of mobster clutches: (Original Post) Leghorn21 Mar 2018 OP

Take Care Mr. Browder Me. Mar 2018 #1

Jersey is a huge tax haven.. HipChick Mar 2018 #2

Why would the Assembly of the Baliwick of Jersey give up all that money? FarCenter Mar 2018 #3

Proactive prevention of nerve agent politics? Nt lostnfound Mar 2018 #4

The locals know everyone who lives there FarCenter Mar 2018 #5

Me.

(35,454 posts)

1. Take Care Mr. Browder

Reply to Leghorn21 (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2018, 10:25 PM

Mar 2018

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

2. Jersey is a huge tax haven..

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Fri Mar 23, 2018, 10:31 PM

Mar 2018

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)

3. Why would the Assembly of the Baliwick of Jersey give up all that money?

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Fri Mar 23, 2018, 10:32 PM

Mar 2018

As one of the Crown dependencies, Jersey is autonomous and self-governing, with its own independent legal, administrative and fiscal systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey

It is not part of the United Kingdom. But quite a nice hidey hole for the ill-gotten gains of the British oligarchs and others that they do business with.