in beautiful places. the money we are following landed in an irish bank account. celtic properties d00 celtic suggests an irish company, but the d00 is what takes us here. d00 is a common abbreviation used in countries with slavic languages. it means limited company . and this one is in montenegro. a montenegrin property development company with irish owners. it s surprising to find irish
such as scotland. i do find it quite curious that the scottish limited partnerships were ended and the loophole was closed there, and not here in northern ireland, and that there was demand in scotland to close it down because they knew it was having negative impacts for many people and no benefits. it s an amazing trick, really. foreign criminals don t come here, but northern ireland provides the clean wrappers for their dirty money by selling them shiny little companies with northern ireland addresses, and the stamp of a respected uk legalframework. that enables the criminals to open bank accounts elsewhere in the world, where they can put their ill gotten gains. at first glance, it s no longer criminal money it s an nilp money. the northern ireland laundromat has spun its magic.
they can t confirm the reports. thousands of residents in australia s largest city, sydney, have been ordered to evacuate their homes after torrential rain and flash flooding. the influential british theatre director, peter brook, whose career ranged from radical interpretations of shakespeare to broadway musicals, has died at the age of 97. now on bbc news from russia with blood. are legal loopholes allowing russian criminals to launder dirty money? jim fitzpatrick follows the cash.
that enables the criminals to open bank accounts elsewhere in the world, where they can put their ill gotten gains. at first glance, it s no longer criminal money, it s nilp money. the northern ireland laundromat has spun its magic. dame margaret hodge. thank you very much, mr deputy speaker. i very much support. an mp who was involved in closing the scottish loophole is also surprised that rules in northern ireland were left open for abuse. ..but is hoping a forthcoming economic crime bill in parliament will be the opportunity to stop it. i hope that my colleagues in northern ireland, from wherever they come in the political spectrum, willjoin with me in that drive to root out dirty money from the uk.
money is just like clothes. the dirtier it gets, the more it needs washing. and there s a lot of dirty money in the world. an estimated two trillion in us dollars gets washed each year. but money laundering is no domestic chore. it s the economic engine of terrorism. ..the drugs trade. ..dictatorship. .. ..and war. and where do international criminals go when they need their money cleaned 7 in recent years, it s often been northern ireland. it s thanks to secret little northern ireland companies that allow criminals across the world