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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Andrew MacAskill

UK review of 'golden' visas for millionaires finds links to corruption

FILE PHOTO: British Home Secretary Suella Braverman speaks during the Ministerial Statement on Migration and Economic Development Partnership at the House of Commons in London, Britain, December 19, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS

The British government said on Thursday that a small number of people who were granted so-called "golden visas" for millionaire investors might have obtained their wealth through corruption or organised crime.

The government last year scrapped the visas, which offered a route to residency for those investing at least 2 million pounds ($2.43 million), days before the invasion of Ukraine amid government concerns about the inflow of illicit Russian money.

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