As world leaders gather in London Thursday for an anti-corruption summit, a group of campaigners has organized an alternative tour of the British capital, highlighting some of the biggest and most expensive properties owned by the world’s billionaires, who the campaigners say exploit Britain’s pivotal role in the murky system of offshore finance.
Lawmakers have allowed a “laundromat” system of recycled dirty money to take root in the capital, argues anti-corruption campaigner Roman Borisovich who came up with idea of the self-styled “Kleptocracy Tours”.
The coach tour sets off from beside the River Thames, in the shadow of the Houses of Parliament.
“The …read more
Source: Voice of America
