追踪英超博彩赞助商的资金来源

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"}],[{"start":400.13,"end":403.73,"text":"It's on the Isle of Man, a small island in the Irish Sea that ","translations":["它位于马恩岛，爱尔兰海中的一个小岛，可以进入英国市场，但有自己的政府和法律。"]},{"start":403.73,"end":407.27,"text":"has access to the UK market, but with its own government "},{"start":407.27,"end":408.29,"text":"and its own laws. "}],[{"start":411.73,"end":415.03,"text":"The Isle of Man has an Act which basically allows you, ","translations":["马恩岛有一项法案，基本上允许你，如果你不愿意透露你对某物的所有权，你可以提名一个代替你的股东。"]},{"start":415.03,"end":417.04,"text":"if you feel uncomfortable revealing "},{"start":417.04,"end":419.83,"text":"your ownership of something, you can nominate "},{"start":419.83,"end":421.61,"text":"a shareholder in your place. "}],[{"start":421.61,"end":424.09,"text":"So you end up with shell companies. ","translations":["所以你就有了空壳公司。"]}],[{"start":424.09,"end":427.66,"text":"You end up with shell companies that go nowhere because you ","translations":["你最终会发现空壳公司无处可去，因为你无法确切地找到所有者是谁。"]},{"start":427.66,"end":430.6,"text":"cannot find out definitively who the owners are. "}],[{"start":430.6,"end":434.77,"text":"Everything is like one of those Russian dolls ","translations":["一切都像那些俄罗斯娃娃一样，无数的公司被用作屏幕，这些公司几乎总是位于避税天堂，英属维尔京群岛是其中的主要候选地。"]},{"start":434.77,"end":440.59,"text":"where countless companies are used as screens, companies "},{"start":440.59,"end":444.46,"text":"which are almost always based in tax havens, "},{"start":444.46,"end":446.65,"text":"with the British Virgin Islands being "},{"start":446.65,"end":448.81,"text":"a prime candidate for that. "}],[{"start":448.81,"end":452.17,"text":"The British Virgin Islands will afford an extra level ","translations":["英属维尔京群岛将提供额外的…他们不喜欢我说这些，但是保密。"]},{"start":452.17,"end":455.47,"text":"of... they won't like me saying this, but secrecy. "}],[{"start":455.47,"end":458.68,"text":"And if you don't have law enforcement powers ","translations":["如果你没有执法权力，找到这些信息就会困难得多。"]},{"start":458.68,"end":462.74,"text":"it will be much harder to find the information. "}],[{"start":462.74,"end":464.54,"text":"So where does this leave us? ","translations":["那么这给我们带来了什么呢？"]}],[{"start":464.54,"end":467.32,"text":"We knew Xela Holdings was based on the Isle of Man, ","translations":["我们知道塞拉控股的总部设在马恩岛，所以我们从那里调出了公司文件。"]},{"start":467.32,"end":469.78,"text":"so we pulled company documents from there. "}],[{"start":469.78,"end":472.24,"text":"All that told us is that Xela Holdings was ","translations":["所有这些都告诉我们，Xela控股是另一家名为Xela(英属维尔京群岛)的公司所有。"]},{"start":472.24,"end":475.72,"text":"owned by another company called Xela (BVI). "}],[{"start":475.72,"end":477.52,"text":"Where was that company registered? ","translations":["那家公司在哪里注册的？"]}],[{"start":477.52,"end":479.56,"text":"The British Virgin Islands. ","translations":["英属维尔京群岛。"]}],[{"start":479.56,"end":482.08,"text":"That means that without a court order ","translations":["这意味着，如果没有法院命令，我们就无法了解这家公司的所有者，也无法最终了解Xela和138.com品牌背后的人。"]},{"start":482.08,"end":485.62,"text":"we can't access who owned that company or ultimately "},{"start":485.62,"end":489.28,"text":"the people behind Xela and the 138.com brand. "}],[{"start":489.28,"end":492.37,"text":"We asked Garth Kimber whether Xela Holdings was ultimately ","translations":["我们问加思•金伯(Garth Kimber)， Xela Holdings是否像2013年的行业杂志所说的那样，最终归Suncity所有。"]},{"start":492.37,"end":496.57,"text":"owned by Suncity as the trade magazine from 2013 had claimed. 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","translations":["在菲律宾的任何地方，但我们确实在某个地方找到了它们。"]}],[{"start":1668.47,"end":1669.94,"text":"You can probably guess. ","translations":["你大概可以猜到。"]}],[{"start":1669.94,"end":1672.505,"text":"The British Virgin Islands. ","translations":["英属维尔京群岛。"]}],[{"start":1672.505,"end":1674.32,"text":"Throughout this entire investigation, ","translations":["在整个调查过程中，英属维尔京群岛一直是我们各种品牌所有者搜索的终点。"]},{"start":1674.32,"end":1677.71,"text":"the BVI has been the end of the line in our various searches "},{"start":1677.71,"end":1679.18,"text":"for brand owners. "}],[{"start":1679.18,"end":1681.22,"text":"So at the end of it all, we still ","translations":["因此，在这一切结束时，我们仍然不知道是谁在背后支持Xela和138.com，天宇和雅虎，或Infiniweb和一大批仍在京东方联合技术旗下运营的品牌。"]},{"start":1681.22,"end":1685.33,"text":"don't know who's behind Xela and 138.com, Tianyu and Yabo, "},{"start":1685.33,"end":1687.58,"text":"or Infiniweb and a host of brands "},{"start":1687.58,"end":1690.88,"text":"still operating under BOE United Technology. 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"}],[{"start":1771.27,"end":1774.81,"text":"The problem for enforcement against illegal betting ","translations":["打击非法赌博的执法问题很简单——犯罪在哪里发生？"]},{"start":1774.81,"end":1777.63,"text":"is one simple question - where does the crime take place? "}],[{"start":1777.63,"end":1779.97,"text":"To get proof we would have to, I think, ","translations":["为了得到证据，我想我们可能得入侵英属维尔京群岛，没收所有的电脑，然后让一个专家小组去查每一家在那里注册的公司，找出真正拥有这些东西的人的名字。"]},{"start":1779.97,"end":1782.805,"text":"probably invade the British Virgin Islands, "},{"start":1782.805,"end":1786,"text":"seize all the computers, and ask a team of specialists "},{"start":1786,"end":1788.1,"text":"to go through every single company that "},{"start":1788.1,"end":1790.65,"text":"is registered there to find out the names of who actually "},{"start":1790.65,"end":1792.18,"text":"owns the thing. "}],[{"start":1792.18,"end":1795.66,"text":"We've gone into a lot of detail in this film - ","translations":["在这部影片中，我们深入探讨了很多细节——品牌、空壳公司、许可证提供商、商标持有人。"]},{"start":1795.66,"end":1799.26,"text":"brands, shell companies, licence providers, trademark holders. "}],[{"start":1799.26,"end":1801.27,"text":"But why does any of that matter? ","translations":["但这些又有什么关系呢？"]}],[{"start":1801.27,"end":1803.85,"text":"Because for 10 years now these tools ","translations":["因为10年来，这些工具一直被用来掩盖一些最引人注目的足球赞助商的真实身份。"]},{"start":1803.85,"end":1806.58,"text":"have been used to conceal the true identities of some "},{"start":1806.58,"end":1809.07,"text":"of football's most visible sponsors. "}],[{"start":1809.07,"end":1812.67,"text":"Not just in the Premier League, but in leagues across Europe. ","translations":["不仅仅是在英超联赛，在整个欧洲的联赛中都是如此。"]}],[{"start":1812.67,"end":1816.27,"text":"We see the name, the brand, but we don't know who's behind it ","translations":["我们看到了这个名字，这个品牌，但我们不知道背后是谁，也不知道它是如何被支付的。"]},{"start":1816.27,"end":1818.01,"text":"or how it's being paid for. "}],[{"start":1818.01,"end":1820.56,"text":"From a legal and transparency perspective, ","translations":["从法律和透明度的角度来看，这应该引起我们所有人的关注，但还有另一个更简单的原因，为什么这些信息应该在公共领域。"]},{"start":1820.56,"end":1822.81,"text":"that should be concerning for all of us, "},{"start":1822.81,"end":1825.96,"text":"but there's another simpler reason why this information "},{"start":1825.96,"end":1827.67,"text":"should be in the public domain. "}],[{"start":1827.67,"end":1831.02,"text":"Fans everywhere deserve to know. 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