The secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents, BBC reports. Some 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 public officials are featured in the files from offshore companies, dubbed the Pandora Papers. They said it was common practice for high profile individuals to purchase properties via offshore companies for privacy and security reasons. Among the other revelations in the Pandora Papers:• Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta and six members of his family secretly owned a network of offshore companies. The Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires.

Source: The Nation October 03, 2021 16:52 UTC