SEASON 12 · EPISODE 5 · 18:33
Transparency and trust issues: the secret life of property
Ray Blake & Graham Barrow · 29 May 2025
Episode notes
In this episode, we chat about a recently published report by Transparency International (see: https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/trust-issues-tackling-final-frontier-secret-property-ownership) and how it impacts on our ability to identify the true ownership of real estate in the UK (and elsewhere).
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