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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Shanti Das

‘It’s created an internal shitstorm’: turmoil at UK law firm accused of ‘whitewashing’ Saudi World Cup report

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, Fifa chief  Gianni Infantino and Russian president Vladimir Putin watch a ceremony in Moscow before the World Cup game between Russia and Saudi Arabia in June 2018.
Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, Fifa chief Gianni Infantino and Russian president Vladimir Putin watch a ceremony in Moscow before the World Cup game between Russia and Saudi Arabia in June 2018. Photograph: Alexey Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images

When the Saudi crown prince locked nearly 400 of his country’s most powerful people in a luxury hotel in 2017 and stripped them of their fortunes, a UK law firm allegedly played a significant role.

On the orders of Mohammed bin Salman, Clifford Chance - a “magic circle” legal giant with headquarters in London – was reported to have facilitated the forced transfer of assets from a Saudi TV station to the government.

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