At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web of offshore islands. Today, up to half of global offshore wealth is hidden in British jurisdictions and Britain and its dependencies are the largest global players in the world of international finance. Sponsor the next film on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independentdocumentary Share this documentary with your friends, and ask sites to feature it: https://twitter.com/spiderswebfilm https://www.facebook.com/Spiderswebfilm/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6483026/ Translate this documentary here on youtube or contact us for the .srt file info@queuepolitely.com For those interested to learn more about tax justice and financial secrecy, read about the Tax Justice Network's campaigning and regular blogs - become part of the movement for change and listen to the Tax Justice Network's monthly podcast/radio show the Taxcast https://www.taxjustice.net/taxcast/ Review on Open Democracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/film-review-spiders-web-britains-second-empire/ Review on Filmotomy: https://filmotomy.com/the-spiders-web-britains-second-empire/ Website: www.spiderswebfilm.com Spanish Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85dsTnbhchc French Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hizj_6EH34M Italian Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwmvXLamkto&t=1s Subtitles: French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Korean, Hungarian, English, Turkish.