The Pandora papers are a leaked cache of 11.9m files from companies that specialise in creating offshore companies and trusts. Not everyone named in the Pandora papers is accused of wrongdoing. The revelations so farAbdullah al-Hussein, the King of Jordan, has amassed a $100m global property empire hidden through offshore companies. His childhood friend and an alleged former lover are among those revealed to have amassed extraordinary wealth, hidden through offshore companies. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is revealed to have transferred his shares in an offshore company to a friend just weeks before his election.

Source: The Guardian October 04, 2021 15:22 UTC