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A Mafioso businessman’s number one priority is not to make money, but to hand out receipts in order to justify money that he already has.

— Roberto Saviano

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Money moves in, and people move out.

A fully-serviced tower block that is empty for most of the year, whilst most Londoners can barely find an affordable place to rent in London. Houses in London are not being used as homes, but as concrete safes, looking after (often laundered) money.

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