the sister of billionaire arms dealer adnan khashoggi and built a business empire. he bought the ritz hotel in paris and defeated the lonrho group in the battle to buy harrods. lonrho s chief executive tiny rowland demanded an inquiry, which found mohamed al fayed had exaggerated his wealth and background. successive governments refused him british citizenship. do you think this is fair from the home secretary to behave the way with someone like me who have given employment to thousands of people, having four british kids? just it shows what type of people, you know, infiltrate in the political life and give us such a deal. revenge was swift. two conservative ministers, neil hamilton and tim smith, left the government, accused of taking cash to ask questions in the commons. another, jonathan aiken, resigned after mohamed al fayed revealed that he d stayed free of charge at the ritz in paris at the same time as saudi arms dealers. he went on to buy fulham football club and cou
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
medicines are in desperately short supply. the government has run out of hard currency to pay for imports. now on bbc news: from russia with blood. 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 reporter: kyiv is feeling the pressure of the war. l 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 j