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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

"You are off limits." - In 2011,journalist Nicholas Shaxson released Treasure Islands,a...

"You are off limits." - [Narrator] In 2011,
journalist Nicholas Shaxson released Treasure Islands,
a groundbreaking book about the offshore system

Full Transcript

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"You are off limits."
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- [Narrator] In 2011, journalist Nicholas Shaxson
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released Treasure Islands, a groundbreaking book
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about the offshore system.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:32
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.
- 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.
- [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,