By Kenny Herzog The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) dropped a bombshell months ago that made ProPublica’s June reporting on billionaires’ tax evasion seem quaint. Dubbed Pandora Papers, the ICIJ’s dossier exposes the vast patchwork of offshore business dealings among world leaders, celebrities, and other public figures. It’s a successor of sorts to the Consortium’s 2016…
The Pandora Papers Reveals Where the Richest People in the World Are Hiding Their Money
Pandora Papers Leak Reveals Vast Riches of a Religious Order Tainted by Sex Scandal
By Spencer Woodman From Miami Herald MIAMI—In January, Carlos Lomena, a truck driver in Plantation who lost his job during the coronavirus pandemic, begged a judge to stop his landlord from evicting him. The 37-year-old Lomena hoped to get a fair shake in court. He’d emigrated from Venezuela after high school with a sense that…
The Pandora Papers
Commentary “The rich put cream on their berries; the rich drive shiny black cars.”—(from the Broadway musical “Carnival!”) The Pandora Papers, “an exposé of the financial secrets and offshore dealings of dozens of heads of state, public officials and politicians,” writes CNN, could not have come at a better time for congressional “progressives” who are…
Lawmakers Introducing Legislation Targeting Enablers of International Corruption After Pandora Papers Findings
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is set to introduce new legislation aimed at stopping enablers of international corruption in response to the findings highlighted in the Pandora Papers investigation. The Establishing New Authorities for Business Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security (ENABLERS) Act would make it harder for “kleptocrats” across the globe to launder money…
Deep Dive (Oct. 5): Sen. Wicker: Big Tech Harmful to Children; Facebook Senate Hearing
The Facebook whistleblower called on Congress to take action on the company, saying “the buck stops” with Mark Zuckerberg. She said a safer internet is still possible. Since her bombshell interview on “60 Minutes,” Frances Haugen has a new website, a Twitter profile that is now down, and a new Instagram account. The website states…
‘Pandora Papers’ Show London Is a Key Hub for Tax Avoidance
LONDON—Transparency advocates are calling on Britain to tighten the country’s defenses against money laundering and tax avoidance after a massive leak of financial data showed how London is a key destination of choice for some of the world’s richest and most powerful people to conceal their cash. The cache of almost 12 million files shows…
Rumors Swirl About Source of Pandora Papers
On Oct. 3, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and its affiliates began publishing stories about the Pandora Papers—a trove of 2.94 terabytes of data comprising some 11.9 million records, reportedly exposing the finances of the world’s wealthy elite. The Pandora Papers follow the ICIJ’s 2016 Panama Papers and 2017 Paradise Papers investigations. The…
Leaked ‘Pandora’ Records Show How the Powerful Shield Assets
A new report sheds light on how world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, and others have used offshore accounts to shield assets collectively worth trillions of dollars over the past quarter-century. The report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists brought promises of tax reform and demands for resignations and investigations, as well as explanations and…
Australian Tax Office to Investigate Pandora Papers
The Australian Tax Office will investigate data from the Pandora Papers, which contain around 12 million leaked documents revealing the offshore accounts of well-known political figures. Will Day, the ATO’s deputy commissioner and chief of the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce (SFCT) will probe the data leak to identify any possible offshore tax evasion. “We are…
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