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The journalist who exposed Guernsey’s links to money laundering by alleged war criminal Rifaat al-Assad has spoken about the importance of providing a full picture of how wealth is managed and how authorities react to wrongdoing.
Rob Byrne‘s work helped the Bureau of Investigative Journalists and Guardian to name al-Assad, previously known as 'Client 1' by the island's financial watchdog, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, and expose how he used his Guernsey-based, unlicenced adviser, Ginette Louise Blondel, to secretly manage his family's vast wealth.
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