Global Witness Reaction To Evening Standard's Anonymous Owner

In response to an anonymous company owning 20% of Evening Standard's parent company:

“It is disturbing that people can secretly buy our newspapers and exert their influence from the shadows. Anonymous companies, like the one that now owns 20 per cent of the Evening Standard's parent company, should be a thing of the past," said Ava Lee, Senior Anti-Corruption Campaigner at Global Witness

"Last year the government voted to end this secrecy in the UK's Overseas Territories - including the Cayman Islands where this company is registered. But these islands are dragging their feet. If the government is serious about 'taking back control' we must know who is really behind the curtain."