Panama Papers

[David Guyatt]

Those on twitter please go to the Wikileaks page and tick the box voting for Wikileaks to publish the whole data dump of these papers - thus putting everything in the public domain and out of the hands of our beloved and untrustworthy media.

Vote HERE.

Meanwhile the ICIJ have a graphic of the main power players in this story HERE.

Panama Papers The Power Players

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President of Argentina

Former prime minister of Georgia

Iceland's prime minister

Ex-prime minister of Iraq

Former prime minister of Jordan

Former prime minister of Qatar

Former Emir of Qatar

King of Saudi Arabia

Former president of Sudan

UAE President, Abu Dhabi emir

Convicted former Ukraine prime minister

President of Ukraine

Relatives/associates of country leaders

Azerbaijan's first family

Daughter of former Chinese Premier

Childhood friends of Russian President Putin

Close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin

Cousins of Syrian President Bashar Assad

Father of British prime minister

Son of former Egyptian president

Alaa Mubarak

Personal secretary to the King of Morocco

Children of Pakistan's prime minister

Son of Ghana's former president

Son of Malaysia's prime minister

Aide to former Argentine presidents Kirchner

"Favorite contractor" of Mexico's president

Former king of Spain's sister

Associate of Cote d'Ivoire's former president

Nephew of South African president

Widow of Guinea's former dictator

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About

This interactive produced by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) explores the stories behind the use of offshore companies of politicians and their relatives and associates more than 100 in all. Among them are 12 current or former country leaders and 33 other politicians and public officials with direct connections to structures in tax havens. Their names appeared inside a cache of 11.5 million leaked files from Panama's Mossack Fonseca, one of the biggest offshore service providers. ICIJ and Süddeutsche Zeitung led a global investigation to unveil their secrets, publishing the first stories from "The Panama Papers" on April 3, 2016.
ICIJ sifted through thousands of emails, documents and images to find names that were in the public interest. The year-long investigation unveiled connections to companies in many different tax havens, their uses and their real owners, whose identities were sometimes hidden behind layers of secrecy. The investigation found more than 140 politicians and public officials connected to 55 countries. The names displayed in this interactive are a selection of the most relevant cases. All of them include political figures or people close enough to political figures that they should have triggered extra scrutiny. There are legitimate uses for offshore companies, and we do not intend to suggest or imply that any individuals or entities included in the interactive were in violation of the law.

The production of the profiles was complex and took several months. We combined a deep exploration of the Mossack Fonseca documents with research in worldwide public records such as company records, property records and assets declarations, among others. Purchasing real estate and yachts, holding bank accounts and keeping personal finances private were among the most common uses given for offshore companies. ICIJ reached out to all those in the interactive to give them a chance to comment. The answers we received are included in the profiles.

Mossack Fonseca told ICIJ that it conducts periodic follow-ups in the case of politically-exposed figures to assure that no negative results are found. The company said that for 40 years it has operated beyond reproach in its home country and in other jurisdictions where it has operations. "Our firm has never been accused or charged in connection with criminal wrongdoing", said a Mossack Fonseca public relations officer.

The Power Players is published in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and German. ICIJ media partners been allowed to select profiles they believe are of interest to their audiences which may result in similar interactives with fewer profiles. The information in the interactive is current as of April 3, 2016 and the offshore data up to December 2015. ICIJ will release the full list of companies and people in the Panama Paper files in early May.

For questions and tips connected to this interactive contact data@icij.org

Glossary

Ultimate beneficial owner, beneficial owner, beneficiaryThe person who is the true owner of a company and/or a bank account. In the offshore world, the identity of beneficial owners is often kept secret.Nominee directorsStand-ins who control a company on paper but exercise no real authority over its activities.Nominee shareholderA person who is listed as a shareholder on a company's documents but has no real power over the company or claim to its assets. This is common practice in offshore financial structures to hide the identity of the real owner.IntermediaryA go-between for someone seeking an offshore corporation and an offshore service provider -- usually a law-firm or a middleman that asks an offshore service provider to create an offshore firm for a client.Power of attorneyAuthorization given to a person to represent the offshore company. It can confer rights that include managing the company without any limitation, carrying out contracts, purchasing products and borrowing or lending money. Each authorization notes which powers are granted to the person who will act on behalf of the company and whether they are general or specific.Bearer sharesWhoever physically holds a certificate of shares is considered the owner of the shares. Bearer shares provide one of the deepest levels of secrecy. Many countries have banned bearer shares because they are considered a facilitator of tax evasion and money laundering.

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There are legitimate uses for offshore companies, foundations and trusts. We do not intend to suggest or imply that any persons, companies or other entities included in the ICIJ Power Players interactive application have broken the law or otherwise acted improperly. If you find an error in the database please get in touch with us: contact@icij.org

Credits

[COLOR=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)]Research Editor: Emilia Díaz-Struck[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)]Data Editor: Mar Cabra[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)]Editors: Martha M. Hamilton and Marina Walker Guevara[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)]Reporters: Delphine Reuter, Marcos García-Rey, Will Fitzgibbon, Richard Sia, Alexa Olesen, Ryan Chittum, Jake Bernstein[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)]Researcher: Mago Torres[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)]Fact-checkers: Richard Sia and Peter Smith[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)]Interactive designed and built at kiln.digital[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)]Illustator: Jesús Pérez[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)]Translations provided by Le Monde (French), El Confidencial / laSexta (Spanish), O Estado (Portuguese) and Tamedia (German).[/COLOR]