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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

Well, tonight, we havea response from the head of Cayman Finance, after a group of...

Well, tonight, we have
a response from the head of Cayman Finance, after a group of US-based anti-tax evasion
activists announced plans to travel Cayman to draw attention to what they feel is
corporate tax evasion

Full Transcript

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- Well, tonight, we have a response from the head
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of Cayman Finance, after a group
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of US-based anti-tax evasion activists announced plans
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to travel Cayman to draw attention
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to what they feel is corporate tax evasion.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:52
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.
Finance chairman, Mr. Richard Coles, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:15
Finance chairman, Mr. Richard Coles,
- When I went to the Cayman Islands, back in 2008, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- When I went to the Cayman Islands, back in 2008,
He said, "Okay, we have had an order from on high - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
He said, "Okay, we have had an order from on high
"You are off limits." - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:14
"You are off limits."
- The author of a series of international media reports - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- The author of a series of international media reports
Mr. Travers recently called Nicholas Shaxson an imbecile - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
Mr. Travers recently called Nicholas Shaxson an imbecile
Now the politics of envy are exacerbated - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
Now the politics of envy are exacerbated
And furthermore, he doesn't know what he's talking about. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
And furthermore, he doesn't know what he's talking...
- [Narrator] The Cayman Islands - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
- [Narrator] The Cayman Islands
It hosts 80,000 registered companies, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
It hosts 80,000 registered companies,
It has a population of 60,000, roughly equivalent - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
It has a population of 60,000, roughly equivalent
(solemn music) - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:19
(solemn music)
(solemn music) - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:18
(solemn music)
- 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.