Cayman Islands joins global money-laundering crackdown
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Cayman Islands said on Wednesday it would make public information on the beneficial ownership of companies, prompting anti-corruption campaigners to call on other offshore jurisdictions to follow suit as part of a global crackdown on money-laundering.The Cayman Islands government said it expected public registers of beneficial ownership - the key to showing who is behind shell companies - to become the international norm and would be implemented by European Union countries..