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15 November 2016
More than 30 individuals and companies are being investigated for criminal or serious civil offences linked to tax fraud and financial wrongdoing uncovered by the Panama papers taskforce.
In a written ministerial update to the House of Commons, the chancellor of the exchequer and the home secretary reported that the cross-agency taskforce has:
More than 30 individuals and companies are being investigated for criminal or serious civil offences linked to tax fraud and financial wrongdoing uncovered by the Panama papers taskforce.
In a written ministerial update to the House of Commons the chancellor of the exchequer and the home secretary reported that the cross-agency taskforce has:
- opened civil and criminal investigations into 22 individuals for suspected tax evasion;
- identified leads to an insider-trading operation;
- identified nine potential professional enablers of economic crime;
- placed 43 high net worth individuals under special review while their links to Panama are investigated;
- established links to eight active Serious Fraud Office investigations;
- identified 26 offshore companies whose beneficial ownership of UK property was previously concealed and whose financial activity has been identified to...
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