A group of MPs have put forward an amendment to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill which Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell says he is confident the Government will support.
In what is deemed a “historic” crackdown on offshore corporate secrecy, the amendment to the Bill, being debated in the House of Commons today, aims to force British overseas territories to publish registers revealing who owns which assets.
The leak of the Panama Paper in 2016, which revealed widespread use of offshore asset-owning structures, both for legitimate purposes and for illegitimate means, has continued to put pressure on the UK government which is more determined than ever to win in their fight against money laundering.
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