Episodes
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Trusting Trusts
Trusts have long been a favoured wealth protection tool for the super-rich, but has this British invention been corrupted by its own tax havens? With potentially trillions tied up in these secretive structures, journalist Rob Byrne follows the trail of a superyacht from the Caribbean to the Channel Islands to try and understand how a centuries-old British concept has evolved into a powerful legal tool, sought after by some of Russia's richest men.
Producer/Presenter: Rob Byrne
Executive Producer: Philip Sellars
A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4
Long favoured by the super-rich, can we trust the offshore trust?
Trusts have long been a favoured wealth preservation tool, but has this British invention been corrupted by its own tax havens?
New documentary for BBC Radio 4