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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

There are offshore lawyerswhose work entails the creation of evermore complexand obscure...

There are offshore lawyers
whose work entails the creation of evermore complex
and obscure structures

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There are offshore lawyers whose work entails the creation
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of evermore complex and obscure structures.
Duration
9 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:25
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
The aim of these structures is to hide the identity - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
The aim of these structures is to hide the identity
- Looking on the amount - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:14
- Looking on the amount
And all the talking we have been doing, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
And all the talking we have been doing,
It is the world where you say, "Go on talking - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
It is the world where you say, "Go on talking
"You're interesting me." - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
"You're interesting me."
We know everything today, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
We know everything today,
We have seen it, and we are not able to act upon it. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
We have seen it, and we are not able to act upon it.
And we are not able to act upon it, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:14
And we are not able to act upon it,
And these are, of course, in fact, very few people, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
And these are, of course, in fact, very few people,
And I see in the Panama committee that I'm sitting in, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:20
And I see in the Panama committee that I'm sitting in,
- [Narrator] The Panama Papers are a collection of leaks - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- [Narrator] The Panama Papers are a collection of leaks
Mossack Fonseca is the fourth-largest offshore law firm. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
Mossack Fonseca is the fourth-largest offshore law firm.
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