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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

We are still plunderingdeveloping countries as former colonial powers

We are still plundering
developing countries as former colonial powers

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We are still plundering developing countries
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as former colonial powers.
Duration
8 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:52
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
- [Narrator] Wealthy individuals, organized crime - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
- [Narrator] Wealthy individuals, organized crime
And as countries around the world began to deregulate - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
And as countries around the world began to deregulate
Today, as much as half - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
Today, as much as half
One of the losers is Africa, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
One of the losers is Africa,
- I think it's no coincidence - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
- I think it's no coincidence
We tend to think of Africa as being a huge net debtor - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:15
We tend to think of Africa as being a huge net debtor
- [Narrator] The debt of Sub-Saharan African nations stood - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
- [Narrator] The debt of Sub-Saharan African nations stood
Yet the wealth these countries' elites had moved offshore - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:15
Yet the wealth these countries' elites had moved offsho...
Far from being a net debtor, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
Far from being a net debtor, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa,
- [Narrator] As capital moved offshore, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
- [Narrator] As capital moved offshore,
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,