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 to make a clean killing. they re called northern ireland limited partnerships nilps. they can be set up in secret and in seconds from anywhere in the world. peter geoghegan runs investigative journalism project open democracy. it s quite remarkable. to set up a northern ireland limited partnership, you don t even have to find out where northern ireland is on a map. you could be thousands of miles away. you can do it online. you pay quite a small amount of money, and fairly quickly you ve got y
sergey lavrov, and the chinese foreign minister, wang yi. now on bbc news from russia with blood are legal loopholes allowing russian criminals to launder dirty money? jim fitzpatrick follows the cash. 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 to make a clean killing. they re called northern ireland limited partnerships nilps. they can be set up in secret and in seconds from anywhere in the world. peter geoghegan runs investigative journalism project open democracy. it s quite remar
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 to make a clean killing. they re called northern ireland limited partnerships nilps they can be set up in secret and in seconds from anywhere in the world. peter geoghegan runs investigative journalism project open democracy. it s quite remarkable. to set up a northern ireland limited partnership, you don t even have to find out where northern ireland is on a map. you could be thousands of miles away. you can do it online. you pay quite a small
forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. and more than a million people are gathering on the streets of london for pride, as the lgbt plus community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news, from russia with blood. are legal loopholes allowing russian criminals to launder dirty money? jim fitzpatrick follows the cash. 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 to make a clean killing. they re called northern ireland lim
Spotlight has uncovered a name behind that purchase and six other deals totalling 1.4 million euro. so you haven t received any feedback on the evidence that you provided. if we add the evidence that we now have on top of that to the irish authorities, what would you say to them? i would say to them you have a fully baked case here to investigate. if you don t investigate, then it raises serious questions about your capability or your motivation for doing yourjob. i think they should act and act quickly. money laundering is not a victimless crime. we know the names of some, such as sergei magnitsky. we ve seen its victims in ukraine. the uk, ireland, northern ireland each play their part in laundering blood money from russia and elsewhere. are those attitudes changing, or will the laundromat continue its bloody business?