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Mr.Bill

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31. Not you personally, of course,

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #30)

Mon Feb 13, 2017, 12:26 AM

Feb 2017

but the banking laws (or lack thereof) in Hong Kong for all those years and more recently The Cayman Islands attract shady money. The British government knows about it and looks the other way. Good for business, you know.

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thanks! Hrrmmmmm BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #28

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Invaluable posts and comments, hope it stays on front page as long as possible stuffmatters Feb 2017 #20

I've been reading about this for weeks. Mr.Bill Feb 2017 #22

woa. I didn't know the British were especially shady. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #30

Not you personally, of course, Mr.Bill Feb 2017 #31

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