London — The three British Crown Dependencies — Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man — said on Wednesday they would move to reveal publicly the true ownership of firms based in their jurisdictions, a change welcomed by anticorruption campaigners.
The three island territories pledged action consistent with EU anti-money laundering rules that include a requirement for a public beneficial ownership register, which is key to efforts to combat the misuse of shell companies to hide money...
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