About 52,000 properties in the UK are owned by anonymous investors, including some " This is stated in a report by Transparency International UK, cited by RTL Today and France 24.

More than ?6.7bn ($8.1bn) of real estate in the UK, including high-end London property, has been purchased with 'suspicious money' from 'secret offshore companies', according to the report..

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More than a fifth, or ?1.5bn, was invested in property with "

This comes despite the fact that the UK has imposed sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine and has begun legally cracking down on Russian money coming from shell companies, tax havens and non-transparent entities.. In August, the government launched a new 'Foreign Business Registry' requiring foreign companies to declare the ultimate beneficiary of any property they own in the UK.. But in practice there is still a lot of abuse.

More than 18 thousand offshore companies together own almost 52 thousand properties in the United Kingdom. These companies "

“This includes firms reportedly owned by kleptocrats, oligarchs and sanctioned individuals,” Transparency International UK said in a report..

The organization added that Britain remains a "

“Transparency of who actually owns property here is vital to addressing the UK’s role as a global center for dirty money,” said Duncan Haymes, policy director at Transparency International UK.. “Our analysis shows that too many companies try to circumvent the rules without knowing they exist or ignore them altogether. No action by Parliament to address loopholes in the law and vigorous enforcement. this promising reform will fall short of its goal of minimizing opportunities for hiding corruption riches.”.

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Recall that Kyiv intends to put forward through the court claims on 18 real estate in the UK, which Moscow uses after the collapse of the USSR.

According to The Times, this list includes the buildings of the military attache and the Russian trade mission, as well as the Seacox Heath estate in Kent, donated to the Soviet Union in 1947 by British MP Viscount George Goshen. This estate is used by Russian diplomats and FSB officers as a vacation spot.. The total value of the property claimed by our country, the British newspaper estimated at 100 million pounds. It's about 120 million. dol. Read more about this in the article by Vladimir Kravchenko "