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Closed Law to make all company ownership transparent in UK dependencies & territories

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As the Panama Papers prove the British Virgin Islands is one of the world's capitals of tax avoidance, evasion and money laundering. The territory has 600,000 companies registered there with a population of around 30 thousand.

UK parliament can enforce the following laws or impose direct rule

What would that reform be: All accounts of all companies on public record All beneficial ownership on public record, proven by a requirement that banks confirm the beneficial ownership of companies they provide services to Directorships on public record -

See more at: http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2016/04/05/we-can-change-the-law-in-the-uks-tax-havens-and-impose-direct-rule-if-they-dont-like-it/#sthash.ANKwMayT.FDQP9XFU.dpuf

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