The Spider’s Web: Britain's Second Empire, is a documentary that shows how Britain transformed from a colonial power into a global financial power. At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it behind obscure financial structures in a web of offshore islands.
Today, up to half of global offshore wealth is hidden in British offshore jurisdictions – the largest global players in the world of international finance. How did this come about, and what impact does it have on the world today?
This is what the Spider's Web sets out to investigate. With contributions from leading experts, academics, former insiders and campaigners for social justice, the use of stylised b-roll and archive footage, The Spider's Web reveals how in the world of international finance, corruption and secrecy have prevailed over regulation and transparency, and the UK is right at the heart of this.
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0:00 Britain's Empire Becomes a Financial Power
2:19 Suez Crisis and the Eurodollar Market
6:46 Secrecy Havens: Cayman Islands and Beyond
9:31 The City of London Corporation
13:09 Bank of England and the BCCI Scandal
16:20 Trusts and Offshore Secrecy Structures
24:23 How Britain Controls Its Tax Havens
32:17 Africa and Developing Nations Lose Billions
42:24 Inside the Offshore World
56:11 Politicians, Accountants and the Offshore Elite