Passports issued under ‘golden visa’ scheme raises €4bn since 2013, according to papers seen by the GuardianBillionaire Russian oligarchs and Ukrainian elites accused of corruption are among hundreds of people who have acquired EU passports under controversial “golden visa” schemes, the Guardian has learnt. Prior to 2013, Cypriot citizenship was granted on a discretionary basis by ministers, in a less formal version of the current arrangement. The ‘golden visa’ deal: ‘We have in effect been selling off British citizenship to the rich’ Read moreThe leak marks the first time a list of the super rich granted Cypriot citizenship has been revealed. She added that she had attempted several times to obtain the names of golden visa buyers in Portugal, but without success. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rami Makhlouf, cousin of Bashar al-Assad was granted Cypriot citizenship in 2010.

Source: The Guardian September 17, 2017 16:41 UTC