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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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David Pegg

Register of offshore owners of UK properties full of loopholes, say experts

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The Economic Crime bill is aimed at preventing owners of UK property from hiding behind shell companies. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock

The government’s long-delayed register of offshore owners of UK property will fail to tackle corruption unless multiple loopholes in the draft legislation are closed, experts have warned.

On Monday, the government announced it would introduce a “register of overseas entities” requiring anonymous foreign owners of UK property to publicly declare their true identities as part of its draft Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) bill.

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