In Washington, Congress struggles with UBO disclosure rules
In Washington, Congress is struggling with a new law over disclosure rules proposed for a public ownership register of companies.
In Washington, Congress is struggling with a new law over disclosure rules proposed for a public ownership register of companies.
Having browbeaten the House of Commons into enacting a statute seeking to impose public ultimate beneficial ownership registers on the United Kingdom’s overseas territories, such as the Virgin Islands, there are moves afoot to legally fortify this legislative decision by declaring it under the heading of national security.
As if to prove my point that open/public company ownership registers are only as good as the information declared and recorded, news broke last month that a UK office block was home to more than 100 potentially shady companies listed there. The building holding all these companies is a small office block located in the […]