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“Legal & financial advisers were filmed boasting about their role in securing scores of “golden visas” for millionaire foreign clients and offering to omit sensitive details from immigration officials”, eg links to the inner circle of Vladimir Putin/ Chinese military.
Vetting is often done by inexperienced personnel, even recent school leavers.
The shame was briefly suspended in December but, ignoring treasury advice that was concerned about it being used by organised crime and money launderers, rapidly reinstated it.
@sajidjavid , again
The shame was briefly suspended in December but, ignoring treasury advice that was concerned about it being used by organised crime and money launderers, rapidly reinstated it.
@sajidjavid , again
As @RealBristolNews The U.K. is not alone in issuing passports for cash.
23 countries do.
In fact Fiona Bruce cancelled an event with Henley & Partners previously associated with it and the Maltese cash for passport scandal.
23 countries do.
In fact Fiona Bruce cancelled an event with Henley & Partners previously associated with it and the Maltese cash for passport scandal.
Interestingly, one of Arron Banks’ business partners, Alan Kentish and his STM Group were censured by regulators in Jersey after probing its efforts to procure a St Kitts and Nevis passport for a Ukrainian politician on Interpol’s wanted list.
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Here is an earlier thread on cash for passports schemes in Malta also thought to be linked to the assassination of a journalist-Daphne Caruana Galizia
