And they exposed that the ownership of this super yacht, the Shaharazad, that it actually

belonged to Vladimir Putin.

It was previously the biggest super yacht in the world of unknown ownership.

And he got hold of the crew manifest.

Every single person in the crew was employed by the Russian equivalent of the Secret Service,

people who protect the Kremlin.

Everyone but one, the captain, was a Brit.

And that's the classic setup that you have.

These huge enterprises, you know, staff by people absolutely loyal to whoever the top

dog kleptocrates.

And then at the top, you have the butler.

I'm Chris Hill, and that's Oliver Bullo, author of the book, Butler to the World.

How Britain helps the world's worst people launder money, commit crimes, and get away with

anything.

Bullo recently joined a trio of Motley Fool Analysts, Bill Mann, Maria Gallagher, and John

Ritanti to talk about the surprisingly easy process of money laundering and how corruption

affects investors.

I just wanted to start by understanding how you got into this line of inquiry, how you

became interested in the super wealthy and how they hide their money and how they use the

laws of various countries around the world to protect themselves from the laws from

various, from other various countries around the world.

I like a good weird hobby.

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