{"id":14794,"date":"2012-03-27T07:44:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T06:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=14794"},"modified":"2012-03-27T07:44:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T06:44:11","slug":"money-laundering-care-of-coutts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2012\/03\/27\/money-laundering-care-of-coutts\/","title":{"rendered":"Money laundering – care of Coutts"},"content":{"rendered":"

It's good news that Coutts - part of RBS - is being fined \u00a38.75 million for failures in its money laundering systems. I welcome that.<\/p>\n

But then, only last week the government signed a tax deal to encourage the use of anonymous Swiss bank accounts by UK resident taxpayers. That was encouraging money laundering. So the government's attitude is pro- abuse.<\/p>\n

As is shown by the UK's refusal to crack down on our tax havens.<\/p>\n

As is also shown by the failure to actually expose the owners of offshore companies owning property in the UK.<\/p>\n

So we have a long way to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s good news that Coutts – part of RBS – is being fined \u00a38.75 million for failures in its money laundering systems. I welcome that.
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