French anti-money laundering authorities have raised the alarm over recent acquisitions of vineyards by Russian and Chinese investors.
The use of multiple holding companies based in tax havens to buy French wine estates has pushed Tracfin – whose mandate is to uncover money laundering and terrorism funding schemes – to issue a warning this month in its 2012 report.
“Given the complexity of legal structures used to buy wine estates, the ultimate beneficiary and the origins of the funds can be difficult to determine,” it said.
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