Legislation will be introduced to the UK parliament this week to implement the long-awaited Register of Overseas Entities, forcing foreign beneficial owners of property in England, Scotland and Wales to disclose their identities. It will be included in the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement Bill), along with measures to increase the National Crime Agency's powers to seek unexplained wealth orders through civil enforcement action and to bring property held through a trust within the scope of a forfeiture order...
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