I haven't previously shared this video on the Financial Secrecy Index which was launched a week or so again, but think it rather good and so do so now:
The Financial Secrecy Index is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Coffers Project in which I also play a part at City, University of London.
The line I like best is Alex Cobham,'s suggestion that secrecy jurisdictions are a pervasive threat to human rights. I entirely agree, but as I directed the first iteration of this Index that's not surprising.
What does delight me though is how this Index has grown in depth and influence. This remains for me an example of why NGO campaigning is vital. The FSI has been vital to the campaign to end tax haven abuse.
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Excellent vid but can I ask why the presenter moves to a different location half way thru? He starts off outside the House of Lords and then appears to be on what looks like the verge of a country road. Was he moved on?
No idea!
I will ask him….
And it might be worth including a link to the list itself:
https://www.financialsecrecyindex.com/introduction/fsi-2018-results
As you also say Richard and pointed out in the video. The UK would be top. Not a performance league I would be proud to be top of.
I’m truly shocked after checking how utterly easy it is to set up a cell company here with only a valid UK address being the only hurdle to incorporation if actioned via companies house.
On Companies House I’ve yet to hear back from my MP Mike Penning, as to why there appears to be a massive understaffing with regard to the register of beneficial ownership.
M
Might you let me see the reply when you get it?
Yes certainly.