Last year it was the Panama Papers, this year it’s all about the Paradise Papers.
Exposing the baking activities of more than 120 politicians around the world, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Sunday published a “vast new trove of 13.4 million leaked documents,” reports VICE:
Included in the leak are documents connecting U.S. Commerce Secretary and billionaire financier Wilbur Ross to a shipping company that does business with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law.
This trove, which comes largely from Bermuda-based Appleby law firm, reveals offshore ties of a dozen Trump Cabinet members, advisors, and donors. It also shows the connections between a major investor in Twitter and Facebook with Russian state-owned businesses.
The papers are very similar to the Panama Papers and were released in the same manner: an anonymous source leaked them to the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung. From there, around 380 journalists spent a year combing through data that stretches back 70 years.
Here’s a short summary of what’s what, from The Guardian:
Way more scandalous than the Panama version, hey? It will be interesting to see what follows.
Now, more than ever, you might want to heed our advice and speak to the experts at Galbraith Rushby, just in case you’re dealing in some dodgy business and need to get it off your chest.
[source:vice&theguardian]
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