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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

(solemn music) With so much at stake for so many wealthy and powerful individuals, it may...

(solemn music) With so much at stake for so many wealthy and powerful individuals, it may come as no surprise that
Britain's offshore havens have developed their
own curious mechanisms to prevent information from leaking out

Full Transcript

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With so much at stake for so many wealthy
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and powerful individuals, it may come
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as no surprise that Britain's offshore havens
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have developed their own curious mechanisms
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to prevent information from leaking out.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
12
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:56
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.
- For many people, who work offshore - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:17
- For many people, who work offshore
Most of the time though, the instruments - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
Most of the time though, the instruments
You won't get promotion by doing this, or you know, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
You won't get promotion by doing this, or you know,
We are talking about very substantially the establishment, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
We are talking about very substantially the establishment,
A sort of ostracism is one way of doing it. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
A sort of ostracism is one way of doing it.
These peculiar mechanisms for if someone tries - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
These peculiar mechanisms for if someone tries
You steer them in a different direction. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
You steer them in a different direction.
- [Narrator] One person who is intimately familiar - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
- [Narrator] One person who is intimately familiar
In 2009, he leaked a report on a rogue nurse suspected - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
In 2009, he leaked a report on a rogue nurse suspected
- It all came to a head during a state's debate - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
- It all came to a head during a state's debate
Senator Stuart Syvret brought the sitting to a standstill, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
Senator Stuart Syvret brought the sitting to a standstill,
Senator Perchard denied the claim saying, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
Senator Perchard denied the claim saying,
Senator Perchard has now admitted that on another occasion, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
Senator Perchard has now admitted that on another occasion,
- I was arrested at my house one morning - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
- I was arrested at my house one morning
There were another two specialist - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
There were another two specialist
So 10 police officers descended on me - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
So 10 police officers descended on me
All kinds of private constituency data was stolen - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
All kinds of private constituency data was stolen
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As he hurried past, he grinned at the camera. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
As he hurried past, he grinned at the camera.
The officer was on his way to test the sirens - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
The officer was on his way to test the sirens