@peterbrown

Each jurisdiction has its role and piece of the pie.

London is where the babysitters meet the oligarchs to set up the Scottish entities through which to launder the funds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_limited_partnership

Great new book by the world's authority on oligarchy and money laundering, for those interested:
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/everybody-loves-our-dollars-how-money-laundering-won-oliver-bullough/7959796