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Examination of Witnesses | Criminal Finances Bill | Public Bill Committees Q You quote the Panama papers, which was a significant leak, and there have been previous ones—Liechtenstein and others.
Examination of Witnesses | Criminal Finances Bill | Public Bill Committees Q Thank you very much for your input into the formation of the Bill.
Examination of Witnesses | Criminal Finances Bill | Public Bill Committees Q Do you think some of the overseas offences here will have a change of behaviour effect on foreign-owned banks that operate here as well?
Examination of Witnesses | Criminal Finances Bill | Public Bill Committees Q And for the banking and financial sector?
Examination of Witnesses | Criminal Finances Bill | Public Bill Committees Q And they could potentially lose their banker’s licence, if they are a bank.
Examination of Witnesses | Criminal Finances Bill | Public Bill Committees Q Ultimately, if an international bank loses its British banker’s licence, what does it mean for that bank in the global world?
Examination of Witnesses | Criminal Finances Bill | Public Bill Committees Q But the US regulator does have a say in things like foreign and corrupt practices over examples such as the one you used.
Examination of Witnesses | Criminal Finances Bill | Public Bill Committees Q But we do not really want tax evaders anywhere, do we?
Examination of Witnesses | Criminal Finances Bill | Public Bill Committees We have not had any representations from the United States objecting to this.