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We had a 12-month romance. Then I found my boyfriend was really an undercover cop sent to spy on me

Kate Wilson won a legal battle against the Metropolitan Police after discovering her long-term boyfriend was an undercover officer

The Independent UK

The US led the charge against global corruption. Now Trump is clearing the way for kleptocrats

Britain used to solicit money that the US would not touch – but with oligarchs and fraudsters on the rise, it must now uphold the law, says author Oliver Bullough

The Guardian - UK

Can we keep the Elon Musks of the world out of British politics? Only if we act now

The tech billionaire is said to be considering giving $100m to Reform UK. That should jolt efforts to cap political donations, says author Oliver Bullough

The Guardian - UK

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All we wanted was to protect the River Wye from pollution. Now we’re stuck in a catch-22

To protect our local river we had to prove it was being used for swimming. But that, bizarrely, is the reason we were rejected, says author Oliver Bullough

The Guardian - UK

Farage account closure risks ‘undermining efforts to tackle financial crime’

THE UK Government risks undermining money laundering rules if it makes knee-jerk decisions after Nigel Farage’s bank account closure, experts say.

The National (Scotland)

Freedom of speech: Scotland could derail Europe's drive to stop rich people silencing journalists

Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb on October 16 2017, near her home in northern Malta. For years she had been reporting on a web of corruption and money laundering on the Mediterranean islands, involving places as far away as Shanghai, London, Baku and Dubai.

The Conversation

Criminals, oligarchs and kleptocrats still own large chunks of the UK – and they’re using this loophole to stay anonymous

The clampdown on the rich Russians using shell companies to buy up London, launched after Putin invaded Ukraine, hasn’t worked. Here’s why, says author Oliver Bullough

The Guardian - UK

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In brief: Elizabeth & Philip; Now She Is Witch; Butler to the World – book reviews

An all-round portrait of the Queen’s courtship and marriage; a spellbinding example of ‘witch lit’; and a gripping study of dirty money in the UK

The Guardian - UK

SLAPPs: The 'obscure' legal issue that impacts on everyone in Scotland

"WHEN I was an MP, I became aware from journalists that there were a number of stories that could be perfectly justified, all the evidence was…

The National (Scotland)

Queen’s Speech: Bill to crack down on Russian dirty money savaged for lacking teeth

‘There is no point passing laws if you don’t also provide resources....it’s like buying guns without also employing solders’

The Independent UK

Journalist says Britain has become a safe deposit box for oligarchs' ill-gotten gains

Butler to the Word author Oliver Bullough says the UK has developed a system of bankers, lawyers, accountants and PR managers who work to help Russian kleptocrats hide their wealth.

WEKU

Russia can only afford its war in Ukraine because Britain helped raise the cash

To undermine Putin in the long term, government ministers have to get serious about closing tax breaks and loopholes, says Oliver Bullough, author of Butler to the World

The Guardian - UK

Butler to the World by Oliver Bullough review – bent Britain at your service

This unmissable history traces Britain’s cynical transition over 70 years from imperial power to kleptocrats’ best friend

The Guardian - UK

Butler to the World by Oliver Bullough review – oligarch’s paradise

A timely exposé of how the UK helps oligarchs, gangsters and money launderers spend and store their wealth

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The oligarch’s guide to getting round the UK’s economic crime bill

The proposed law promises to expose oligarchs to proper scrutiny. There’s just one problem – it’s rubbish, says author Oliver Bullough

The Guardian - UK

Beyond the fog of war: books to help us understand the invasion of Ukraine

From Ukrainian history to Putin’s kleptocracy and Gogol’s stories, author and former Russia correspondent Oliver Bullough chooses the best titles

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson claims the UK is rooting out dirty Russian money. That’s ludicrous

Britain has for decades helped a mafia state stash its stolen money. Our long-term security depends on cracking down, says author Oliver Bullough

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