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The role of the City’s remembrancer—a legal officer who oversees legislation in Parliament to protect the City’s interests—is a symbol of its autonomous governance. The city's ties to clandestine ownership structures, including trust laws and shell companies, allow the elite and financial oligarchs to hide wealth, evade taxes, and manipulate world markets. These mechanisms serve to perpetuate a clandestine control that many believe is at odds with publicly stated national interests.