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[Narrator] As capital moved offshore
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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

As capital moved offshore, African nations borrowed money from international banks at...

[Narrator] As capital moved offshore, African nations borrowed money from international banks at high interest

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- [Narrator] As capital moved offshore,
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African nations borrowed money
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from international banks at high interest.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:34
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
Over time, these debts became so great - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
Over time, these debts became so great
Secrecy jurisdictions were starving developing nations - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
Secrecy jurisdictions were starving developing nations
- For a long time, a lot of developing countries, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:13
- For a long time, a lot of developing countries,
During the financing for development process - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:13
During the financing for development process
So why would they not want - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:14
So why would they not want
As long as we have cross-border activity - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
As long as we have cross-border activity
- [Narrator] Western nations block attempts - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:20
- [Narrator] Western nations block attempts
- The oil from Gabon has not benefited people in Gabon. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
- The oil from Gabon has not benefited people in Gabon.
And this is true for the copper in Zambia, for the gold - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
And this is true for the copper in Zambia, for the gold
They have benefited, the company that do extract it, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
They have benefited, the company that do extract it,
It has benefited the corrupt elite in the country. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
It has benefited the corrupt elite in the country.
In developing countries, the offshore system - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
In developing countries, the offshore system
It has enabled them to steal the money - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
It has enabled them to steal the money
- Illicit financial flows, because the anonymity - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
- Illicit financial flows, because the anonymity
This is why there's a group of countries - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
This is why there's a group of countries
It's that the incentives of individuals - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:20
It's that the incentives of individuals
- [Narrator] Worldwide, developing countries lose - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
- [Narrator] Worldwide, developing countries lose
Most of this wealth flows into large western nations, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:15
Most of this wealth flows into large western nations,
But illicit flows into western nations - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
But illicit flows into western nations
The economies of the United States - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
The economies of the United States