they bought a building secretly owned by the aliyevs for £66 million, giving the notorious family a profit of £33 million. it looks like the crown estate has helped one of the world s most notorious families to launder its cash. what s the reaction? the crown estate said it conducted checks required by uk law and did not establish any reason why the transaction should not proceed . but it is now looking into the matter . anyone else? well, there s the president of cyprus, whosaeown legal firm helped provide fake owners for a rich, russian client. the law firm of president anastasiades changed ownership details to staff members from the law firm. it looks like they were protecting the real owner. 0ffshore companies are not supposed to conceal owner that way. what has the president said? president anastasiades said our allegations were totally unfounded .