The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire | Documentary Film

Michael Oswald’s film The Spider’s Web reveals how at the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web of offshore islands. Today, up to half of global offshore wealth is hidden in British jurisdictions and Britain and its dependencies are the largest global players in the world of international finance. Watch our new documentary about an intelligence officer who blew the whistle on fake news and was framed for a murder here: Sign up to our newsletter and be the first to hear about upcoming releases Become a Patreon supporter and gain early access to the documentaries, the extras and be a part of the projects as they develop: Share this documentary with your friends, and ask sites to feature it: The Spider’s Web was substantially inspired by Nicholas Shaxson’s book Treasure Islands you can read an extract of it here: Translate this documentary here on youtube or contact us for the .srt file contact@ Review on Filmotomy: Review on Open Democracy: Website: German Version: Spanish Version: French Version: Italian Version: Subtitles: French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Korean, Hungarian, English, Turkish, Portugese, Chinese, Croatian, Japanese. 0:00 Introduction 2:22 The British Empire 4:33 The Eurodollar Market 6:54 The Last Remnants of Empire 9:37 The Corporation of London 13:28 The Bank of Credit and Commerce International 16:53 Trusts 23:27 Who is in charge of Britain’s Overseas Territories? 28:35 Global Financial Centers and Empire 37:15 How America Embraced Offshore Finance 42:15 Growth of Offshore Finance and Corruption 48:05 Whistleblowers 54:54 Politicians and Financial Secrecy 1:01:35 Accountants 1:07:20 Protesters Confront Dave Hartnett 1:10:27 Private Finance Initiative 1:13:42 Conclusion