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Self-depicted King of Switzerland is steadily growing his own ‘empire’ thanks to a legal loophole.
Jonas Lauwiner has acquired more than 110,000 square meters of land for free.
According to The Times, Lauwiner has acquired 148 bits of land and 83 sections of road in Switzerland thanks to the loophole.
“I am fair. I don’t shut the roads and I do not charge much for them. [I make money] by selling the right to construct near my road and I sell the right of passage if there is a new house,” he said.
The 31 year old calls his “conquests” a “military campaign,” that are carried out digitally and “without bloodshed,” according to the outlet.
The loophole, under Swiss law, allows anyone to acquire land for free if it is registered as ownerless, by making a claim to the local council.
Video: The Times.
