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Queen Elizabeth's Lawyers Acted For Politician Looting Nigeria's Money by happysharing: 4:34pm On Oct 06, 2021
The Pandora Papers, unveiled on 3 October, is a trove of almost 12 million leaked documents shedding light on tax avoidance via secret offshore companies by some of the world's elite. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) working in collaboration with more than 140 media organisations.

An elite London solicitors’ firm serving Queen Elizabeth II throughout her reign has represented a politician accused by US prosecutors of corruption, reports The Guardian. While there's no indication of wrongdoing or breaking the law, Farrer & Co, which boasts a long history of representing members of the royal family, finds itself in the crosshairs following the bombshell revelations laid bare by the so-called Pandora Papers.

After the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published the dossier of more than 11.9 million leaked financial documents, Farrer & Co’s legal representation of Abubakar Bagudu over the years has come to light.

According to the Pandora Papers, Farrer & Co started acting for Bagudu in February 2010. It's claimed the company aided the Nigerian and his brother in transferring the ownership of €98 million (£113 million) from a British Virgin Islands (BVI) trust to a jurisdiction in Singapore and the Cook Islands called the Blue Group.

The newly revealed documents show that in April 2010, Farrer & Co sought a response from another firm representing Bagudu regarding their mutual client’s source of offshore wealth. At the time, the firm acknowledged that Bagudu had faced embezzlement charges in line with a criminal investigation and had been arrested and detained in the US for six months. However, Farrer & Co was also given assurances that Bagudu had reached a settlement with the Nigerian government. In line with it, he was granted the right to retain funds held in the BVI trust.
The Nigerian politician has been accused by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) of playing an “instrumental role” in a corruption scheme that resulted in the plundering of billions of dollars from the coffers of West Africa's most populous nation. Bagudu has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

The complete story: https://www.politicoscope.com/queen-elizabeths-lawyers-acted-for-politician-looting-nigerias-money-pandora-papers/

Re: Queen Elizabeth's Lawyers Acted For Politician Looting Nigeria's Money by orisa37: 6:37pm On Oct 06, 2021
Yes. And for GOWON looting half of CBN.

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Re: Queen Elizabeth's Lawyers Acted For Politician Looting Nigeria's Money by FakeUnity: 6:43pm On Oct 06, 2021
The Brits are most criminal caucasians parading the surface of the earth. Very luciferian bunch of unethical creatures.

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