wellway
Prolific Pea
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Jun 25, 2014 20:50:09 GMT
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Post by wellway on Apr 4, 2016 9:18:58 GMT
If you like investigative journalism, don't miss this story www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35918844From the BBC article "A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth.
Eleven million documents were leaked from one of the world's most secretive companies, Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
They show how Mossack Fonseca has helped clients launder money, dodge sanctions and evade tax.
The company says it has operated beyond reproach for 40 years and has never been charged with criminal wrong-doing."
"Eleven million documents held by the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca have been passed to German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which then shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. BBC Panorama and UK newspaper the Guardian are among 107 media organisations in 78 countries which have been analysing the documents. The BBC does not know the identity of the source"
Link to website of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,
panamapapers.icij.org/20160403-panama-papers-global-overview.html
UK Peas - Panorama on Mon 4th April on BBC 1 at 19.30.
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Post by gar on Apr 4, 2016 9:49:07 GMT
Going to be interesting to watch the fallout from this!!
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Post by anxiousmom on Apr 4, 2016 13:05:28 GMT
This showed up in my twitter feed yesterday and holy cow. So complicated and SO interesting.
The numbers of people involved is staggering.
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Peamac
Pearl Clutcher
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Jun 26, 2014 0:09:18 GMT
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Post by Peamac on Apr 4, 2016 13:34:10 GMT
I can't even imagine what "eleven million legal documents" looks like! And I keep wanting to read it as "eleventy billion" for some reason.
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