Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 906308

Economic Crime: Prosecutions

Tabled: 5 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Steff Aquarone

Liberal DemocratNorth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of registers of beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories on the effective prosecution of fraud and economic crime.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
This Government regards registers of beneficial ownership as key tools for tackling illicit finance, including investigating fraud and economic crime by law enforcement both in the UK and the Overseas Territories (OTs). The UK expects OTs to implement leg...

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