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They'll have a long way to go before outpacing London [0] but perhaps Brexit will have some value after all! I can't link to the primary source but Private Eye
by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
They'll have a long way to go before outpacing London [0] but perhaps Brexit will have some value after all! I can't link to the primary source but Private Eye is one of the best oversights in the UK. The proprietor, Ian Hislop, was purportedly the most sued man in Britain at one point [1].
It's my understanding that the casino laundering scheme has been going on for decades but I can't imagine that'll go on forever. I'm not too sure where you go from there. I guess start a 'legitimate' cash business but I imagine there's much better ways.
[0] - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2012-08-09/london-is-the-global-capital-of-money-laundering https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2012-08-09/lon...
[1] - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ian-hislop-provocateur-in-the-public-eye-2276884.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ian-hislo... - "Since then, Hislop has become the most sued man in English legal history, though he says the rate of libel actions is slowing."
- CaptainZapp 7y agoYou may find this[1] a very interesting read. [1] https://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2013/04/mysterious-residents-one-hyde-park-london https://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2013/04/mysterious-...
- erentz 7y agoWow. I’ve admired that building a number of times when I’ve been in London. This is insane: “That’s not because the apartments haven’t sold. London land-registry records say that 76 had been by January 2013 for a total of $2.7 billion...”
- OBLIQUE_PILLAR 7y agoThe corruption enabled by ancient City Of London corporation is really interesting. I first learned of it here: https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-73-western-medias-narrow-colonial-definition-of-corruption https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-73-western-me...