Butler to the WorldOliver Bullough
Butler to the World
by Oliver Bullough · first published 2022
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2022–2024first – last mentioned
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Explains how Britain's legal and financial system, including company formation, trusts and professional services, enables money laundering and concealed ownership; for readers wanting to understand offshore finance.
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Just read Moneyland and Butler to the World by Oliver Bullough. Nothing to do with the Blair era -- watch the The Spider's Web on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYfnkLurLA8
on “LVMH becomes the first European company to surpass $500B in market value” ↗Read Moneyland and Butler to the World. On the legal side of things, we need to close loopholes that allow shell companies to hide oligarch money, and prevent countries from selling diplomatic passports to investors that prevent their prosecution…
on “Signs of de-dollarisation emerging, Wall Street giant JPMorgan says” ↗…concealed ownership -- 11% of all of the properties in Westminster alone. I recommend the following books by Oliver Bullough: Moneyland https://www.amazon.co.uk/Moneyland-Thieves-Crooks-Rule-World... Butler to the World https://www.amazon.co.uk/Butler-World-Britain-Empire-Found-e... and, by Tom Burgis Kleptopia https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kleptopia-Dirty-Money-Conquering-Wo... and this YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3txSCoKn0
on “US set to unveil long-awaited crackdown on real estate money laundering” ↗Moneyland is excellent Just read Bulloughs follow up book - Butler to the World Would thoroughly recommend it - takes a good look at how the British legal system enables all sorts of dodgy money schemes
on “Books to read to understand financial crime” ↗Moneyland, Butler to the World, Lucifer's Banker Uncensored, The Big Short, etc.
on “ChatGPT loses users for first time, shaking faith in AI revolution” ↗…cash that Epstein was withdrawing each year for victim payments. 3) The Yakuza (as written in Tokyo Vice - the book) use privacy laws to prevent any of their businesses from being tied to them. 4) Read Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the world's worst people launder money.
on “Commerce Department Proposes Imposing "Know Your Customer" on IaaS Providers” ↗> the whole of UK economy is based on such scheming Excellent book on this: Butler to the World - How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250281937/butlertotheworl...
on “Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in $27B fraud case” ↗Funny enough, I started reading Butler to the World. First chapter retells an ancedote from NSA General Michael Hayden. In 2003 he called up his GCHQ counterpart and told him that in the event of catastrophic failure at the NSA, GCHQ would "run the show".…
on “Federal Judge Makes History: Border Searches of Cell Phones Require Warrants” ↗Butler To The World
on “Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain” ↗