UK Companies House set to remove thousands of entities with crime links

Efforts are already underway to remove approximately 10,000 companies involved in illicit activities after the UK's beneficial ownership information registrar identified more than 30 entities incorporating tens of thousands of companies linked to illegal activity, the UK government has claimed.

By Sarah Gibbons

Efforts are already underway to remove approximately 10,000 companies involved in illicit activities after the UK's beneficial ownership information registrar identified more than 30 entities incorporating tens of thousands of companies linked to illegal activity, the UK government has claimed.