On 24 February 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of conflict in the region. The UK government swiftly responded with a raft of new laws and sanctions targeted at Putin’s regime and more broadly economic crime. One of these extended the traditional role of Companies House to capture the beneficial ownership details of overseas entities that held property or land in the UK: the register of overseas entities (RoE).
The RoE is a new type of register that the government made clear was key to fighting corrupt elites laundering money through UK property. Business minister Lord Callanan said at the time ‘by getting this first of its kind register up and running at...
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On 24 February 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of conflict in the region. The UK government swiftly responded with a raft of new laws and sanctions targeted at Putin’s regime and more broadly economic crime. One of these extended the traditional role of Companies House to capture the beneficial ownership details of overseas entities that held property or land in the UK: the register of overseas entities (RoE).
The RoE is a new type of register that the government made clear was key to fighting corrupt elites laundering money through UK property. Business minister Lord Callanan said at the time ‘by getting this first of its kind register up and running at...
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