Elite Tax Haven Details Leaked
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rab.s

Original Poster:

85 posts

210 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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The client details of Panamanian law firm Mossak Fonesca have been leaked.

Reported on bbc news. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35918844

This puts a lot of world leaders in an awkward position, explaining their offshoring arrangements.

tleefox

1,118 posts

172 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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rab.s said:
This puts a lot of world leaders in an awkward position, explaining their offshoring arrangements.
Be interesting to read in more detail, but from what the BBC article says I'd be expecting the Icelandic PM to be exiting stage left fairly sharpish.

raftom

1,299 posts

285 months

benjj

6,787 posts

187 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Putin looks like the biggest name in these. Going to be fun smile

Funk

27,380 posts

233 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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I don't think there's a person in the world who didn't suspect that this sort of thing was going on. Will be fascinating to see how the leak happened, 2Tb+ is a phenomenal amount of data!

Orchid1

905 posts

132 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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I bet there's a few PH members stting themselves as well biggrin

Some Gump

13,015 posts

210 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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By guess is whoever did the leaking will be full of polonium within a month...

raftom

1,299 posts

285 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Escapegoat

5,135 posts

159 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Look, the only reason these shell companies and tax havens are necessary is because socialists keep stealing the profits earned by honest and kindly entrepreneurs.

If we didn't tax the fruits of their hard work as much as we do, we'd all have jobs building yachts and gold-plated back-scratchers for them and there'd be no unemployment. As it is, they have to keep their money in tax havens where it doesn't do anyone any good.

Or something.

rab.s

Original Poster:

85 posts

210 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Reading the original Süddeutsche Zeitung article here. http://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56feb...

It took 12 months and the cooperation of 400 journalists across 100 media outlets in 80 countries, in order to digest and analyse the data. All coordinated in a simultaneous release of story this evening. That is some spectacular coordination. There would be a heck of a lot of polonium teapots required in order to silence this story.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

308 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Can't see Putin being too worried.

texaxile

3,664 posts

174 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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jmorgan said:
Can't see Putin being too worried.
He's probably eating a chinese as we speak...

hornet

6,333 posts

274 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Social media reporting Icelandic PM has resigned, although no links as yet.

Murph7355

40,934 posts

280 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Escapegoat said:
Look, the only reason these shell companies and tax havens are necessary is because socialists keep stealing the profits earned by honest and kindly entrepreneurs.

If we didn't tax the fruits of their hard work as much as we do, we'd all have jobs building yachts and gold-plated back-scratchers for them and there'd be no unemployment. As it is, they have to keep their money in tax havens where it doesn't do anyone any good.

Or something.
Tax avoidance is one thing...world leaders squirrelling money away furtively is something else...as long as the releases concentrate on tax evasion and/or impropriety then it's fair game IMO.

Putin won't care mind.

Countdown

47,696 posts

220 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Escapegoat said:
Look, the only reason these shell companies and tax havens are necessary is because socialists keep stealing the profits earned by honest and kindly entrepreneurs.

If we didn't tax the fruits of their hard work as much as we do, we'd all have jobs building yachts and gold-plated back-scratchers for them and there'd be no unemployment. As it is, they have to keep their money in tax havens where it doesn't do anyone any good.

Or something.
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timlongs

1,799 posts

203 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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David Cameron's Dad was part of it, as was ex Tory MP Michael Mates.

https://panamapapers.icij.org/the_power_players/

Getragdogleg

9,911 posts

207 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Blair ?

(please please please)

timlongs

1,799 posts

203 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Getragdogleg said:
Blair ?

(please please please)
Doesn't seem to be part of it

55palfers

6,282 posts

188 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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I love this sort of stuff.

Tax is for the little people, don't do as I do, do as I say.

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

243 months

Sunday 3rd April 2016
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timlongs said:
Getragdogleg said:
Blair ?

(please please please)
Doesn't seem to be part of it
Must use a different firm to handle his tax haven cash biggrin