Simon Bowers

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IMPACT: 16 months ago, we published an investigation into Alpha Consulting, a Russian-owned offshore secrecy firm in the Seychelles that featured in #ParadisePapers. After a long investigation sparked by our reporting, the firm has now been shut down financeuncovered.org/stories/russia…

Andrew Mackenzie, who 9 yrs ago as CEO of miner BHP pledged to deliver ‘responsibility’ & ‘truth' to victims of Brazil’s biggest environmental disaster, will NOT be called in BHP's defence against a $47bn class action claim,accusing him of broken promises financeuncovered.org/stories/former…

Today marks 58th anniversary of Aberfan when collapse of colliery slurry killed 116 kids & 28 adults. It's also start of High Court case against BHP who didn't learn lesson & let Mariana dam in Brazil - full of mining tailings - collapse. Good work @sbowers00 & @Metropoles

Great to work on this investigation with @blimag_ of @Metropoles

Our latest investigation👇

Who says it’s impossible to peek inside the finances of a global, privately-owned multinational business? Not us! Here’s a fuller explanation of how Finance Uncovered journalists @maliapolitzer and @sbowers00 dug into the Sacklers’ international empire. financeuncovered.org/stories/mundip…

NEW: #WorldOfPain—a collaborative investigation into how Sackler family’s global drug empire survives & thrives despite the controversial bankruptcy of its US unit Purdue From us & @washingtonpost @examinationnews @paper_trail_m @derspiegel @ZDF washingtonpost.com/health/2024/09…

@kevinhollinrake @BBCNews @willdahlgreen @liambyrnemp @greybrow53 @PrivateEyeNews @BBCNewsnight @sbcseychelles For full details of our investigation into the legion of shady Russians secretly using 🇬🇧PARTNERSHIPS registered at @CompaniesHouse — please check out @FinUncovered's Agents of Secrecy series: financeuncovered.org/stories/seyche… 15/ends

@kevinhollinrake @BBCNews @willdahlgreen @liambyrnemp @greybrow53 The latest @PrivateEyeNews covers this story👇. The loophole has also been highlighted by @BBCNews, @BBCNewsnight & @sbcseychelles and others. But it seems that more pressure is needed to get this loophole shut. 14/ private-eye.co.uk/hp-sauce

Exactly 2yrs ago, the UK promised "new legislation to tackle economic crime following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” “...Reforms to bear down on the use of 🇬🇧LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS for money laundering, including ILLICIT RUSSIAN FINANCE” But it's *not* working ⛔️Why? ( 🧵 1/)