Pandora Papers: On the trail of dirty money
Using a cache of leaked offshore documents, Felicity Hannah follows an international trail of money tainted by corruption, to find out how it ended up in UK property investments.
Amongst the millions of documents released in the 鈥楶andora Papers鈥� leak of offshore financial information are a number of documents that one British Iranian family business would rather have remained hidden. In this investigation Assignment follows the trail of millions of dollars tainted by bribery and corruption. Piecing together key documents from the leak reveals how earnings from Unaoil 鈥� a company involved in winning oil and gas contracts through bribery in the Middle East - were invested into UK property.
Why does the UK remain a go-to destination for some of the world鈥檚 most tainted money? And why does it take a leak for the truth to be revealed about who鈥檚 really invested in some of the country鈥檚 prime property?
Reporter: Felicity Hannah
Producer: Anna Meisel and Kate West
Editor: Gail Champion
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