One Friday in November, armed police blocked off the road that runs beside Gibraltar's medieval city walls to clear the way for a convoy of blacked-out BMWs. The vehicles pulled up at the offices of Hassans, a law firm. The British enclave in the Mediterranean is a hub for the international ultra-rich, and Hassans counts many of them as clients. But few as highly placed as that day's visitor: Donald Trump Jr, the man running the family business while his father is in the White House.
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The Trump administration is now ensuring that it prosecutes only cases directly relevant to U.S. economic and national security interests, departing from the previous ethos against corruption.
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The Serious Fraud Office has accused a UK insurance company of failing to prevent international bribery in relation to state officials allegedly paid off in Ecuador.