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Street Map of London needed

Latest comment: 2 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

All the maps currently shown are sketchy. It is very difficult to work out where those sketches fit onto the topography, e.g. streets and rivers. The initial location map as a small dot in the middle of Greater London is nigh on useless. It should at least be zoomable in and out. Cvhorie (talk) 08:33, 14 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Done. The Equalizer (talk) 16:20, 30 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Money Laundering

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The City of London's role in illicit financial activity such as money laundering has earned the financial hub sobriquets like ‘The Laundromat’ and ‘Londongrad.’^[1]

London’s role as the world’s dirty money clearing house is well-documented but efforts are being made to clean up through legislation, e.g. authorizing unexplained wealth orders. High-value properties are sought after by criminals and money launderers legitimising their gains by investing in the city’s prestigious real estate.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In case of revert due to hurt feelings, see above.Oathed (talk) 12:57, 15 January 2024 (UTC) Oathed (talk) 12:57, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Form of government

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

How can the form of government of the City of London be termed? --95.24.68.61 (talk) 19:27, 11 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Area of London 2.9 km2? wtf?

Latest comment: 2 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Who is editing these articles? They need to be fired. I've consistently seen that area for many cities globally are being misreported in wiki.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London 61.95.254.10 (talk) 11:42, 2 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

If you don't believe something, check the citation. It says: Greater London 157,208 ha; Inner London 31,930 ha; City of London 290 ha. --Cavrdg (talk) 12:32, 2 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Demography

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The Heading for Demography includes unrelated information about the US state of Washington. Please remove it. Searched for Washington info and got redirected to the City of London page 137.132.22.253 (talk) 02:05, 4 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

[1] ttps://www.icaew.com/insights/viewpoints-on-the-news/2022/jun-2022/ec-londongrad-how-the-city-became-a-moneylaundering-haven

[2] ttps://www.worldfinance.com/banking/the-end-of-london-as-the-worlds-dirty-money-clearing-house

[3] ttps://financialcrimeacademy.org/money-laundering-through-real-estate-in-uk/

[4] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/opinion/pandora-papers-britain-london.html

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Street Map of London needed

Money Laundering

Form of government

Area of London 2.9 km2? wtf?

Demography