More than 35,000 London properties currently have unknown offshore owners. Curious sightseers have been flocking for tickets on a “kleptocracy tour” of London after a recent spate of publicity, hoping for a glimpse into the murky world of Russian oligarchs in the capital. But providing an insight into the lifestyles of the super-rich was never our purpose. Rather, the tour was designed to expose how billionaires from countries such as Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan have been allowed to buy London property with shady money and operate freely in our capital. Mega-rich homes tour puts spotlight on London's oligarchs. More than 35,000 London properties have offshore owners, with no one knowing who they belong to or where the money came from. During a tour of the most opulent of these our “guides”, all prominent investigative journalists and money-laundering experts, explain the role of the so-called enablers – bankers, lawyers, agents – who facilitate the tra...
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