Tories Ask Johnson to Pass U.K. Law to Tackle Money Laundering
- 17 Conservative MPs write letter to British prime minister
- Criticism abounds of Tories having conflicts of interest
Boris Johnson
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U.K. Conservative members of Parliament urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to come good on a long-held government promise and pass a law cracking down on the use of U.K. property for money laundering.
Some 17 rank-and-file Tories wrote to the premier earlier this week asking him to prioritize legislation to tackle economic crime in the current House of Commons session, including the creation of a registry of overseas entities that own property in the U.K.