Data leak points spotlight on offshore world once again
‘Pandora Papers’ expose hidden wealth and tax avoidance by world’s rich and powerful
‘Pandora Papers’ expose hidden wealth and tax avoidance by world’s rich and powerful
Data leak was described as the ‘biggest ever blow’ to the offshore world
Wound up Isle of Man-based investment fund manager the Premier Group has links to the Panama Papers, the worldwide scandal described as the “biggest ever blow” to the offshore world.
A computer technician at the Geneva office of Panama Papers law firm Mossack Fonseca was detained several days ago on suspicion of removing large volumes of data, reports Swiss newspaper Le Temps.
Even though information contained in the Panama Papers database is “incomplete and in places incorrect”, it still poses a security risk for those named, according to Mark Davies, managing director of Mark Davies & Associates.
More than 200,000 offshore firms will have details of their links to the Panama Papers scandal made available when The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) launches a searchable database next month.
Paul Hogan, an Australian actor made famous by the “Crocodile” Dundee film franchise, has accused his former tax adviser of running off with around $34m of his money.
The secret financial dealings of some of the world’s politicians, companies, mobsters and the mega-rich have been exposed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.