伦敦房地产市场成为犯罪分子洗钱天堂（在线收听）

伦敦房地产市场成为犯罪分子洗钱天堂

During the past five years, prime London property has risen in value by 42 percent, and avtivists say it is partly fueled by "dirty" money from the proceeds of crime.

在过去的5年中，伦敦黄金地段价格上涨42％。而反腐活动人士表示这部分是因为犯罪所得“不义之财”刺激的结果。

In a recent British television program titled "From Russia With Cash," anti-corruption activist Roman Borisovich posed as a Russian minister looking to buy property with stolen money while visiting several real estate agents in central London.

在最近英国一档名为《来自俄罗斯的现金》的电视节目中，反腐败活动人士罗曼·玻里斯维奇假扮俄罗斯政府部长走访伦敦市中心几家房地产中介试图用赃款购买地产。

Speaking to VOA via Skype, he described what happened.

在通过Skype接受VOA的采访时候他描述了这段经历。

“They were all eager to proceed. Even when I was telling them that the money was meant for the procurement of drugs and I stole the money,and you know,obviously sick people were deprived of health care. And they could not care less.”

他们迫不及待希望进行交易。即便我告诉他们，我盗用了这些原本是用于采买药物的钱，而且你要明白，显然这剥夺了病患的医疗权利。但他们一点也不在乎。

All the agents suggested buying the properties through offshore companies to offer anonymity to the buyer.

而且所有房产经纪人都建议通过海外公司购买房产，这样买方不必留下实名。

One proposed exploiting tax havens in Cyprus and the British dependency of Jersey to set up a so-called "shell company."

其中一家还提议利用塞浦路斯及英属泽西岛的避税所设立一家“空壳公司”。

“And this particular agent was volunteering to put us in front of a Jersey financiers to put the trust together, and a Cypriot lawyer to put everything else together.”

“这位特别的经纪人主动要把我们介绍给泽西的融资人，以便设立信托资金，还有一位塞浦路斯的律师愿承担剩下的流程。”

Government figures show 191 billion worth of property in Britain is owned by offshore companies.

政府数据显示境外公司持有英国价值1910亿的房地产。

Speaking on a trip Tuesday to Singapore, Prime Minister David Cameron said most were legitimate businesses, but accepted there were problems.

周二在访问新加坡时，英国首相戴维·卡梅伦表示绝大多数境外公司是合法公司， 但他认为其中存在问题。

“We need to stop corrupt officials or organized criminals using anonymous shell companies to invest their ill-gotten gains in London property without being tracked down.”

“我们需要阻止腐败官员和犯罪团伙利用匿名空壳公司，在不被追查的情况下将不义之财注入伦敦房地产行业。”

Analysts say the government has been aware of the laundering allegations for years.

分析人士表示政府已意识到多年来这些洗钱的指控。

“This is dirty money, coming from crime, maybe coming from terrorism, so this needs to be dealt with now,”

“这是不义之财，通过犯罪得来，也可能来自恐怖主义，这个问题亟待解决。”

Under British law, real estate agents are to report any suspicions that the cash used to buy property has been obtained through criminal means.

据英国法律，如果购买房地产的现金存在任何通过犯罪手段获得的嫌疑，房产经纪需要进行上报。

But, many agents say they should not be expected to detect sophisticated fraud.

然而很多房地产经纪表示不应该指望他们来侦破这繁复的欺诈行为。