The Spider's Web - Britain's The Second Empire
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The documentary "The Spider’s Web" reveals how Britain’s empire evolved into a financial network. At its demise, City of London interests created a web of offshore tax havens to secretly capture global wealth. This system now hides up to half the world's offshore wealth, making the UK a major, secretive financial power and posing major global regulatory questions.
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