Reports suggest ministers are considering a new investor visa route. Here's why the risks still outweigh the rewards.

Cormac Kehoe went shopping for a souvenir.

The latest National Money Laundering Risk Assessment finds up to £10 billion in illicit flows through UK property each year

Call for asset freezes after figures under investigation in Dhaka employed services of UK law firms and consultants

Two men linked to Sheikh Hasina prevented from selling properties, including apartments in Grosvenor Square

Campaigners say secretive ownership structures are becoming the ‘go-to vehicle for kleptocrats’

Despite promising changes, criminals can continue exploiting gaps in the UK's company registration system.

How Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs) linked to global fraud, money laundering, and sanctioned individuals are hiding in plain sight, from Muirhouse flats to Tesco-adjacent offices.

Oligarchs are warping markets and corrupting economies around the world.

Despite promising changes, criminals can continue exploiting gaps in the UK's company registration system.

Despite promising changes, criminals can continue exploiting gaps in the UK's company registration system.

Group received emails about Ahsan Mansur, the central bank official investigating money laundering allegations

This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Today the UK Government has announced plans to open up the Land Registry – which, if delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wale…

Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and his family bought 482 properties overseas costing $295mn. The new government wants some of that money back

Why the British Virgin Island’s corporate register reform plans fall flat

The Men Who Sell Football exposes the murky world of club ownership in England and how rules can be abused.

Journalists often get the feeling that their FOI is being treated differently. It may be something which should be straightforward that suddenly takes months. It might be getting a phone call from …

Board members of Pitch@Palace China included a former adviser to the Communist Party and the founder of a tech firm accused of helping to persecute the Uighurs

Board members of Pitch@Palace China included a former adviser to the Communist Party and the founder of a tech firm accused of helping to persecute the Uighurs

The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Are they still holding onto their property empire? Despite new transpar...

The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Are they still holding onto their property empire? Despite new transpar...

The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Are they still holding onto their property empire? Despite new transpar...

Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UK

Barbara Kahan may be the busiest woman in Britain. She is 85 years old, retired and in ill health. Despite this, the former consultant is listed as the founding director of 25,802 companies. That is

Western authorities say they’ve identified a network that found a new way to clean drug gangs’ dirty cash. WIRED gained exclusive access to the investigation.

A Scottish company has struck a major deal for its whisky to be bottled near Moscow.

Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UK

Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences

Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UK

Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UK

[FREE TO READ] Most deals channelled through companies registered in British Virgin Islands

Transparency International UK warns that the UK Government’s crackdown on dirty money risks being undermined by weak progress towards corporate transparency among the British Overseas

I said I would take on dirty money when I became Foreign Secretary. Today, I am.

This week the UK Government plays host to Britain’s Overseas Territories for their annual joint ministerial council (JMC). Stephen Doughty, the Minister responsible for the Overseas Territories,