Showing posts with label Paradise Papers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paradise Papers. Show all posts

November 13, 2017

Trudeau’s Chief Fundraiser Tied to Multimillion-dollar Offshore Trust: Paradise Papers


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief fundraiser for the Liberal Party, Stephen Bronfman, is tied to a multimillion-dollar offshore trust in the Cayman Islands.

November 07, 2017

Paradise Papers: How to Stop Tax Avoidance


From the ICIJ, the same consortium of journalists and media outlets that brought you Luxleaks and the Panama Papers, now comes the Paradise Papers. Everyone from Lewis Hamilton and Bono to Apple and Nike seem to pay less than their fair share and this time, it's all above board. The European Union announcing it's going to draw up a tax haven blacklist. But it's anyone's guess if member states can agree on a definition of a tax haven and how member states can enforce it. By François PICARD

November 06, 2017

Democracy Now! The Paradise Papers


This weekend, a slew of 13.4 million leaked documents revealed how the world’s richest men stash away billions of dollars in wealth in offshore tax havens. The revelations, known as the Paradise Papers, implicate more than a dozen of President Trump’s Cabinet members, advisers and major donors. The 13.4 million leaked documents also reveal how millions of pounds of the British queen’s private estate were hidden in an offshore fund based in the Cayman Islands, and how the senior adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau helped funnel millions of dollars to offshore tax havens. For more, we speak with Frederik Obermaier, co-author of the Paradise Papers. He is an investigative reporter at Germany’s leading newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung. Obermaier also worked on a separate investigation, the Panama Papers, and is co-author of the book “Panama Papers: The Story of a Worldwide Revelation.

What Are the Paradise Papers?


A massive leak of more than 13m files reveals the hidden wealth of some of the world’s richest people including sports stars, celebrities and heads of state. The Paradise Papers show how complex schemes set up in offshore islands can help the super-rich avoid billions in tax

November 05, 2017

'Paradise Papers' Leak Shines Light on Offshore Tax Havens


The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' Will Fitzgibbon on the leak and what it could mean for offshore tax havens.

Paradise Papers: Tax Haven Secrets of Ultra-rich Exposed - BBC News


A huge new leak of financial documents has revealed how the powerful and ultra-wealthy, including the Queen's private estate, secretly invest vast amounts of cash in offshore tax havens.

Donald Trump's commerce secretary is shown to have a stake in a firm dealing with Russians sanctioned by the US.

The leak, dubbed the Paradise Papers, contains 13.4m documents, mostly from one leading firm in offshore finance.

BBC Panorama is part of nearly 100 media groups investigating the papers.