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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

Mossack Fonseca is thefourth-largest offshore law firm

Mossack Fonseca is the
fourth-largest offshore law firm

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Mossack Fonseca is the fourth-largest offshore law firm.
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00:23:07
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Oct 30, 2025
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How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
The other nine of the 10 largest offshore law firms - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
The other nine of the 10 largest offshore law firms
When countries complained to Britain - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
When countries complained to Britain
- I'd heard time and time again from officials in Berlin - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:19
- I'd heard time and time again from officials in Berli...
- Britain plays this kind of game of pretending - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
- Britain plays this kind of game of pretending
At the end of the day, Britain appoints the governor, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
At the end of the day, Britain appoints the governor,
Basically it is controlling these places, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
Basically it is controlling these places,
- [Narrator] During his time as economic adviser to Jersey, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
- [Narrator] During his time as economic adviser to Jersey,
- As economic adviser, I had a lot of contact - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- As economic adviser, I had a lot of contact
Traditionally, UK governments have tried not - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
Traditionally, UK governments have tried not
You kind of go and talk to someone, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
You kind of go and talk to someone,
And they'd say, "We're not actually, particularly keen - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
And they'd say, "We're not actually, particul...
"It might be a good idea if you didn't go down that route." - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
"It might be a good idea if you didn't go down tha...
- [Narrator] The British government prefers not - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
- [Narrator] The British government prefers not
Instead, it communicates its desires - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
Instead, it communicates its desires
Discussions take place behind closed doors. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
Discussions take place behind closed doors.
- The relationship that these places have - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
- The relationship that these places have
I mean, anybody who is British or knows British people knows - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:17
I mean, anybody who is British or knows British people knows
I mean, a lot of irony involved and a lot - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:13
I mean, a lot of irony involved and a lot
And I think that is very much the case - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
And I think that is very much the case
I think there's a lot of understanding of what we can - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
I think there's a lot of understanding of what we can