Scottish Limited Partnerships – Scottish In Name Only
Scottish Limited Partnership registrations have plummeted in the latter half of 2017, but they continue to make headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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March 2, 2018
By Bellingcat Investigation Team
Scottish Limited Partnership registrations have plummeted in the latter half of 2017, but they continue to make headlines for all the wrong reasons.
August 19, 2017
By Bellingcat Investigation Team
The government recently announced new legislation to reveal the beneficial owners of Scottish Limited Partnerships. But this has done little to shed light on the people controlling them. In June 2017, Bellingcat and Transparency International published a joint-report into Scottish Limited Partnerships (“SLPs”) and their increasing rise in popularity, their use in large scale money…
June 24, 2017
By Bellingcat Investigation Team
Based on joint research between TI-UK and Bellingcat, “Offshore in the UK” provides new insights into how money launderers are abusing Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs) – the UK’s own home-grown secrecy vehicle – to move billions of pounds of corrupt wealth around the world. The report identifies how SLPs have become unusually popular in the…
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By Aric Toler
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By Aric Toler
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By Aric Toler
Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, found himself embroiled in a scandal over his wristwatch, which was prominently displayed during his wedding to former Olympic ice dancer Tatiana Navka. Anti-corruption activist and Kremlin opponent Aleksey Navalny revealed that a watch worn by Peskov was worth upwards of $600,000, despite Peskov’s approximate annual…
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