Freeports: Harbouring Criminality in Brexit Britain?

Alexandria Reid, ’Freeports: Harbouring Criminality in Brexit Britain?’, Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research, August 2019.

Delivering on one of his election pledges, Boris Johnson’s government is in the early stages of establishing up to 10 freeports to ‘turbocharge’ the UK’s economic growth after Brexit. These freeports will be created by inviting already established shipping ports and airports to bid for freeport status after Brexit.

Yet while freeports offer tantalising business benefits, they are also well-known facilitators of illicit trade and money laundering.

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