Without wishing to comment on or condone the crime reported in the story, there do appear to be other crimes going on in Sark:-
>benefits of island life include no income tax, no capital gains tax, no inheritance tax, no VAT, no employment law and no bookkeeping requirements for individuals or companies.
When are we going to stop the extremely wealthy taking advantage of regimes such as this one?
The guys sound like proper criminals. Robbing someone by bank transfer? Like there’s got to be a lot of prolonged coercion involved with that. And not even for big “f off I never have to work again” money.
I enjoyed Omar Sharif in “Dr Zhivago”, what the hell has happened to him since.
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Without wishing to comment on or condone the crime reported in the story, there do appear to be other crimes going on in Sark:-
>benefits of island life include no income tax, no capital gains tax, no inheritance tax, no VAT, no employment law and no bookkeeping requirements for individuals or companies.
When are we going to stop the extremely wealthy taking advantage of regimes such as this one?
Never heard of this place. Is it the Crown’s closest thing to the Amish? [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/07/sarks-top-police-officer-says-channel-island-awash-with-criminals](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/07/sarks-top-police-officer-says-channel-island-awash-with-criminals)
The guys sound like proper criminals. Robbing someone by bank transfer? Like there’s got to be a lot of prolonged coercion involved with that. And not even for big “f off I never have to work again” money.
I enjoyed Omar Sharif in “Dr Zhivago”, what the hell has happened to him since.