The existence of an extraordinary global network of sham company directors, most of them British, can be revealed.

The UK government claims such abuses were stamped out long ago, but a worldwide joint investigation by the Guardian, the BBC’s Panorama and theWashington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)has uncovered a booming offshore industry that leaves the way open for bothtax avoidance and the concealment of assets.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/25/offshore-secrets-revealed-shadowy-side

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Offshore secrets: shadowy side of a booming industry

• Staff admit nominee directors are often a sham
• Panorama undercover in Mauritius and Herts
• The woman running 1,200 companies
• Video: where is Sarah Petre-Mears?
• The ‘Sark Lark’ Britons scattered around the world
• British Virgin Islands, land of sand, sea and secrecy
• Q&A: what is the Guardian investigation based on?
• Read more on the offshore secrets investigation

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