# ‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new offshoring of grand corruption
**Date de l'événement :** 11/07/2025
* Publié le 11/07/2025

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![So-called professional enablers of grand corruption are increasing service provision out of jurisdictions where they can act without similar restraints.](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/memory-sp-pr.appspot.com/o/prod%2F1y7CgDOTakHDiB3dgoi0%2FprojectsMedias%2FOxx4umYxT9HhqXBPp4C8%2Fthumbs%2F1_1600x900.png?alt=media&token=548d6ad9-43f6-40e3-b60a-1a039fcbcaa8) 

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During an interview one of us (Ricardo Soares de Oliveira) carried out in 2017, an African high net-worth individual said he was told by an executive whose business had long served him out of London: “Come meet us in Dubai”. This is part of a large but still misunderstood shift.  
  
In response to the hardening of rules for foreign money of dubious origins in traditional financial centres, sensitive business has been moving toward new, more permissive jurisdictions. This offshoring of services is giving corrupt strategies a new lease of life, while also making the fightback more difficult.  
  
For every corrupt dealing that materialises as legitimate wealth, a trail of service provision is indispensable. Bankers, lawyers, real estate executives, accountants, management consultants and PR agencies have acted as facilitators in western financial centres.  
  
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**Pour lire l'article complet, cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous :** [https://theconversation.com/come-meet-us-in-dubai-the-new-offshoring-of-grand-corruption-258434](https://theconversation.com/come-meet-us-in-dubai-the-new-offshoring-of-grand-corruption-258434)

## Auteur(s)
John Heathershaw, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira

### Date
11/07/2025

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### Partenaire(s)
**[The Conversation](https://sources.sciencespo.fr/structure/the-conversation_QdYqgYnzKVyePLgMp3g8)** 


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