Panama Papers: World Leaders from Iceland to Argentina Exposed in Massive Tax Evasion Scheme
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2016
- democracynow.org - "The biggest leak in the history of data journalism just went live, and it’s about corruption." That is what NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted about the Panama Papers, which were released Sunday and reveal how the rich and powerful in numerous countries use tax havens to hide their wealth. Some 11.5 million files were leaked from one of the world’s most secretive offshore companies, Mossack Fonseca, a law firm based in Panama, and passed to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and then pored over by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The information in the files dates back to 1977 and goes up to December last year. The revelations implicate 12 heads of state and a number of other politicians, their family members and close associates, including friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin, relatives of the prime ministers of Britain, Iceland and Pakistan, and the president of Ukraine. Relatives of at least eight current or former members of China’s top ruling body are also named, and today Chinese news groups were ordered to purge all mention of the Panama Papers. So far, fallout from the leaks has prompted investigations and calls for resignation. On Monday, one of the largest protests in Iceland’s history demanded Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson step down after the leaked files revealed he and his wife were hiding investments worth millions of dollars behind a secretive offshore company. We are joined from Munich by Frederik Obermaier, co-author of the Panama Papers story. He is an investigative reporter at Germany’s leading newspaper, the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung, and co-author of the book "Panama Papers: The Story of a Worldwide Revelation," just released today in Germany. We also speak with Michael Hudson, senior editor at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which published the Panama Papers.
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Malaysian PM's son is one of the Ultimate Benifical Owner (UBO) named in the Panama Papers. But still there is no movement to pressure him.
Keep up the good work!Thanks!
It was actually about 22.000 people that protested yesterday. And that was only in Reykjavik, people protested all over the country. For a nation of only 330.000 people that's a lot. And people are gonna continue to protest because even though our prime minister has resigned, his close friend in the same political party has been said to take over so the battle goes on. Iceland is a hot mess right now when it comes to politics.
As a member of the public, it would be impossible for us to fact check any of this. Even if someone got their hands on the documents its 11 million pages...how could any of us possibly know the truth of the matter?
I salute all TRUE journalists. Reporters that are actually about exposing corruption like this are a dying breed, but I'm hoping the Internet is somehow changing that a little. We no longer have to accept the crap "establishment" media feeds us. We can actually research for ourselves and the truth is getting more and more difficult to hide. #SALUTE
Great vid
Truly, "Truth is stranger than Fiction". Grisham couldn't top this.
+John Doe The world is looking more and more like Huxley's "Brave New World"
Hey, from California, It's time to stand up. Either Trump or Bernie are fair choices, but remember, they are pandering to us for votes, and are unlikely to do much. The American people need to insist on Habeas Corpus, investigation of 911, term limits, jail for guilty politicians, and much much more. You have one life to live. Don't be afraid. The corrupt politicians of our time have taken the whole American pie, and now are after the the international pie as well.
Israel, back-off. If you continue to kill and maim, to destroy homes of Palestinians and others, to steal land, to stock pile nuclear weapons, you will be charged in international court, along with the American political war mongers, i.e., Henry Kissinger.
vpost1x1 That seems far from happening with Trump, could happen with Bernie but with the smallest. But if Corbyn won PM in the UK, i could definitely see that happening as he has promised to take Blair to the Hague, that could set a precedent of heads of state indicting other politicians to the international court making others to do the same easier..
We, the average citizens/taxpayers, worldwide, must stop being complacent. We know the problem w/politicians who 'look the other way' or are corrupt perpetuate this global tax evasion atrocity.
As a Panamanian no one was surprised, Panama markets itself as a country for tax evasion.
When are the next leaks coming? This is only the 4th largest one.
they need to release all the data to the public
How much longer will we take it?
Bravo
Thaaanks! Badman Nishioka/rainforest action group & secret tax researcher! Still open by wrote!
So 2023….can we get an update of any changed laws? More laws to help tax evasion and secrecy? Did any country make positive laws or hold super wealthy to pay taxes fairly?
List of names please. In alphabetical order with the amount they were hiding.
+Larry 306 panamapapers.icij.org/the_power_players/
Thank you Star..
8 years later …. Nothing has happened ! 👎
And what’s happened after 5 years????
TAMLA TANETTE MOORE IS THE MOST HIGH AND UNSTOPPABLE TOO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
$ouled out!
Why no US leaders mentioned?
8:46 illuminati call confirmed
Is Hillary in the papers
+andrewbrown3000 she was for it
+andrewbrown3000 Hillary is much more corrupted than those exposed in Panama P. The PanamaP. list of notorious thieves of America, Europe, Israel... is handed over to Mossad for their future blackmailing, in case they do not follow Israeli lobby rules.--- www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/26/the-clintons-and-wall-street-24-years-of-enriching-each-other/
Hillary only needs to travel to the USA state of Delever
how come non of US super rich and congress and senate on the list?
So they have oligarchs not Russian in America and UK and the west
Corbyn is the way forward. I got into politics because of him. He was very consistent over his years and trustworthy makes sense when he speaks not like Cameron he speaks nonsense usually condratics himself soon if not the next sentence then a week later for sure. He has some issues that can be seen clearly for all but I serious worried for his mental health I don't think that Cameron is mentally fit enough to be a PM maybe in a M&S Shop. But he as a leader? Seriously? He isn't one we all know it. Rich kid forgot he is actually should be happy to have a life as he has and just live it. Yet here comes the dangerous trip of ego especially guys like him. They born rich nothing was achieve by themselves and seek some success but the catch is success means getting rich in their dictionary and achieve our goals with lies and cover ups, getting away with many big crimes like invasion of a country illegally murdering people around the place and then leave with a nice speech with his twin french brother Sarko declared victory over who? As they said something like Dictator evil man who? The description fits to someone like them as Colonel Gaddafi was a real leader not a genetically harvested in a laboratory Gaddafi fought battles and built that nation out of sand and hatred that the hypocrites like davie camy and all Osborne and these guys do not even in the same league with a Leader and they let him die in a horrible way he was raped, tortured and beaten when finally shot to death the man who 40 Years long was in Politics and managed to stay in and improve his country and others so if anything these 2 full idiot should do that is to sit down and listen what he says and learn from him. No he didn't pay for acknowledge allegations that he arranged the Lockerbie case in fact in Scotland many Policeman and Prosecutor resigned as they knew it was not the guy Megraghi but The SS of the Queen would not listen and these two clowns declared victory over Gaddafi and gave freedom to the people and left Libya in ruins ever since!±3
lol
00:30 "Sud-Deutsche Zeitung"
(sorry, my mom is German and I can't hold back any longer), is pronounced:
sood doy-cha tzie-toong (tz is one syllable).
People take such care to sound urbane when they say anything french or spanish etc but cant seem manage German despite English being a Germanic language!
Thank you, now I feel better! lol
+Rex Greene
It's not "sood". You simply don't have this sound in the English language.
It's also spelt "Süddeutsche Zeitung" and if you can't make an "ü", you should rather use "ue" instead of a single "u". (The same goes for "ä" and "ö" respectively.)
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Punk Taxi Driving Minister corrupt ?
It takes WORK TO KEEP us certain people poor.
Well slap me!
Any Hillary and Bill Clinton information?
+Xenophene01 The company in the headlines in this story is only the 4th largest of these types companies. It makes me think that US folk might be using one of those other 3 business like this in Panama. I can see them, trying to make sure that doesn't happen to them and the company they decided to hide their money with.
+husleman That's of course, 4th largest IN PANAMA, isn't it? There are all the other countries and firms, too. ;) And Clinton Foundation DONORS are already implicated.
The leaks have no mention of us personalities and corps. Funny funny, and guess who funds the organization that published and investigated these papers - big us corps.
US comes out next week according to the German reporter that leaked it.
+Stephen Kuehn I'm hopeful, let's see.
Capitalism at its best
Is Hillary in the papers
+andrewbrown3000 One has to wonder, where is all the money to rebuild Haiti that was managed by the Clintons?