The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire (2017)

Directed by Michael Oswald

Documentary · 1h 18m

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 may be hidden in British offshore jurisdictions and Britain and its offshore jurisdictions are 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.

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Crew

Director
Michael Oswald
Writer
Michael Oswald

Details

Release date
2017-05-05
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Budget
$5,000