I'm Alexandra Rocky, the host of bribe, swindle, or steel.

We have something a bit different for you this month. It's an excellent four-part series on the story of the Jersey Offshore Files,

a massive document leak that revealed a complicated financial web and sparked stories that are still unfolding.

We hope you enjoyed this lively series produced by the Global Reporting Center at the University of British Columbia and European Investigative Collaborations.

And now, episode three.

Welcome back. I'm Sam Eifling.

So far in this podcast, we've unearthed a humongous pile of financial documents from the

trust company, Lahug. And we've assembled a multinational team of reporters willing to spend

months pouring through them. Inside the leak, reporters found a litany of financial hijinks,

which brings us back to the place where it began.

What in the world does up with Jersey anyway?

From the Global Reporting Center and European Investigative Collaborations,

this is Trust Us, a podcast from Inside the Jersey Offshore Investigation.

Thank you. from inside the Jersey offshore investigation. Part 3. The Jersey Way.

Even Jersey has limits on what it will tolerate.

The crown dependency, as we mentioned, isn't exactly part of the UK,

nor is it a European Union member,

so it's not obliged to follow European standards meant to track assets or to curb money laundering.

But it does have a regulatory body, the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

In 2002, as part of new licensing rules, it inspected LaHughes operations. It looked at how LaHughg vetted

clients, examined its board meeting minutes, and evaluated its compliance measures. At the end of the

process, the regulator told LaHugh the firm would need to correct some irregularities before it could

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