The Pandora Papers leak is the latest — and biggest — to shine a light on tax evasion of the rich and powerful from the whistleblowing International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Offshore LeaksIn April 2013, the ICIJ reveals a “who’s who” of people and entities hiding assets offshore in 122,000 companies run from Singapore and the British Virgin Islands. China LeaksIn January 2014, the group scores a new coup with documents showing that China’s elite is also parking money in offshore tax havens. The accords were reached when the then president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, was prime minister of the tiny tax haven. Iceland’s prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigns and the fall-out also claims Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif.


Source:   The Guardian
October 04, 2021 09:54 UTC