In the network of “leaked” database “Panama offshore”

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В сеть "слили" базу "панамских офшоров"In the web published database concerning more than 200 thousand offshore accounts.

The scale of the scandal around “the Panama document” is growing – the Internet giant will be the published database concerning more than 200 thousand offshore accounts.

Access to this database was opened at 18:00 GMT (21:00 Moscow time).

Published these documents, the international consortium of investigative journalists (ICIJ) claims that one of them becomes clear how some of the rich and influential people have used offshore companies to evade taxes and bypass sanctions.

The documents belonged to the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, and were obtained using the source, known under the pseudonym “John DOE” (John Doe is in English so I decided to call some undefined person). Mossack Fonseca denies that he committed any offence.

Last week in an attempt to prohibit the publication database, the company released the so-called the order about the termination of illegal actions, but the international consortium of investigative journalists, in whose possession are the documents, said that still publish them.

With the help of these documents were traced to the hidden assets of hundreds of politicians, bureaucrats, former and current heads of state, celebrities and sports stars.

The documents listed more than 200 thousand shell companies, foundations and trust companies, registered in more than 20 offshore zones around the world.

Selected information
“The Panama papers” has attracted attention, in particular, to the Affairs of British Prime Minister David Cameron, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, as well as football stars Lionel Messi, Hong Kong actor and Director Jackie Chan and the Spanish Director Pedro Almodovar.

In the Wake of the scandal, resigned the Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson.

Firm Mossack Fonseca said that her attitude was not accused of any wrongdoing. The company believes that became a victim of computer hacking.

Offshore companies are not illegal, but often their function is to hide the source of money and their owner, and avoid taxes.

German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung more than a year ago has received from “John DOE” about 2.6 terabytes of data – 11.5 million documents.

Newspaper ICIJ has provided access to these files. Through this organization in the data processing was attended by thousands of journalists, including bi-Bi-si. The results of their work were published in April.

ICIJ claims that had been scheduled for Monday publication will not be an indiscriminate dump of documents, as was done by Wikileaks.

ICIJ said: “In the database there will be specific account numbers and money transfer, e-mails and other correspondence, passport numbers and phone numbers. In the public interest published the chosen and limited information”.

Against “income inequality”
On Monday, 300 economists signed a letter to world leaders, urging them to put an end to tax havens, since they are, according to the authors, benefit only the rich individuals and corporations and increase the level of inequality in the world.

“The existence of tax havens does not add any money or prosperity in the world Treasury; they do not have a clear economic benefit,” the letter reads.

Last week, “John DOE” released a statement of length is 1800 words, in which he said that the motive for his actions was “income inequality”.

“Banks, financial and tax supervisors was defeated. Decisions were made, sparing the rich and focus instead on curbing citizens with middle and low income,” he writes.

He added that he never worked for any intelligence Agency, nor a state. He suggested law enforcement agencies to help in bringing charges when granting him immunity.
Although unknown uses male name gender “John DOE” is not disclosed.

“The Panama document”: a tax haven for the rich
11 million documents belonging to the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, were transferred to the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which in turn gave access to them to the International consortium of investigative journalists (ICIJ). Among the 107 documents analysed media organizations in 76 countries – TV program BBC BBC “Panorama”, the British newspaper the Guardian and the Russian “Novaya Gazeta”. Bi-bi-si unknown identity of the source of the leak

The documents show how the company helped customers launder money, to evade the sanctions and taxes
Mossack Fonseca said that for 40 years has worked without any claims and was never charged with offences

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