The Marbella town where Boris Johnson went on vacation may be linked to tax havens

• Controversial Boris Johnson, on vacation in Marbella in the middle of a supply crisis in the United Kingdom

The villa near Marbella where Boris Johnson went on vacation may be linked to tax havens, according to 'The Guardian'. The property - granted to the 'premier' by Secretary of State for the Environment

- is registered through a company based in Malta

, in turn related to companies in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean and managed by a Swiss firm specializing in high fortunes.

A Downing Street spokesman did not confirm who has paid for the premier's stay in the

, which he

rents

for 25,000 pounds a week (almost 30,000 euros).

The aforementioned spokesman also did not respond to whether there may have been a

due to the fact that Johnson agreed to spend a few days with a Lord appointed by himself and later promoted to a member of the Cabinet.

Zac Goldsmith, 46, is the son of the late millionaire

and was the director of 'The Ecologist', founded by his uncle

.

He has long maintained a close friendship with

, with whom he also shares environmental concerns.

The alleged connections with tax havens in the Marbella town have added even more controversy to the escape of the 'premier', who left behind the supply crisis in his country, at

the

the

and three weeks before

, considered a key piece for British diplomacy.

Boris and Carrie Johnson's vacations abroad have always generated controversy. The stay on the Caribbean island of

at the end of 2019 - in the prelude to the pandemic and when they were not yet married - led to an investigation into the alleged role of a Tory donor,

, who claimed to have helped the organization of the trip but declared that he had not paid for the couple's stay in a luxurious villa. An investigation by Parliament's standards committee finally cleared the prime minister last July.

The controversy over possible links with tax havens in the Marbella town has now occurred in the wake of the '

scandal

, with more than 12 million documents revealing the subterfuges of millionaires, politicians and prominent donors to hide their fortunes in paradises prosecutors.

Treasury Secretary

responded to the revelations by claiming that tax avoidance is "a global problem."

The fact that the 'prermier' spends a holiday in a villa linked to tax havens seriously calls into question his commitment to the fight for transparency in property ownership in the UK.

Boris and Carrie Johnson arrived last Friday at the Benahavís house, which consists of five integrated suites and has two swimming pools and an organic farm on an area of ​​more than 200 hectares.

The couple and their son

have led a private life on the estate, away from cameras and floodlights.

Downing Street has insisted that the 'premier' has continued to work on vacation and has held rounds of talks with international leaders.

The tabloid 'The Daily Mirror' published on the front page this week a photo of Johnson painting a painting under a notorious headline:

.

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