More than 30 individuals and companies are being investigated for criminal or serious civil offences linked to tax fraud and financial wrongdoing uncovered by the Panama papers taskforce.
In a written ministerial update to the House of Commons, the chancellor of the exchequer and the home secretary reported that the cross-agency taskforce has:
More than 30 individuals and companies are being investigated for criminal or serious civil offences linked to tax fraud and financial wrongdoing uncovered by the Panama papers taskforce.
In a written ministerial update to the House of Commons the chancellor of the exchequer and the home secretary reported that the cross-agency taskforce has:
- opened civil and criminal investigations into 22 individuals for suspected tax evasion;
- identified leads to an insider-trading operation;
- identified nine potential professional enablers of economic crime;
- placed 43 high net worth individuals under special review while their links to Panama are investigated;
- established links to eight active Serious Fraud Office investigations;
- identified 26 offshore companies whose beneficial ownership of UK property was previously concealed and whose financial activity has been identified to...
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