Zimbabwe’s tax authority said ABB, one of Switzerland’s most profitable companies, avoided paying millions of dollars to the economically crippled country
Meet some of the convicted felons and alleged wrongdoers who use secretive offshore companies found in the Panama Papers database.
The ethics of the Panamanian law firm are certainly questionable, but legally it only had to report any activity that raised obvious red flags.
The Panama Papers leak has thrown light on ownership secrecy in a Khulubuse Zuma-fronted oil deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Global law firm’s customers include suspected financiers of terrorism, nuclear weapons proliferators and gunrunners.
Eight current and former members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the country’s top decision makers, have relatives with secret offshore firms.
Tax authorities globally are closing in on tax evasion and tax avoidance structures.
It is important that scrutiny is not reserved to suspected tax dodgers but is also given to the asset managers and bankers who may have helped them.
Firm helps CIA operatives and other characters — real or fanciful — from the world of espionage set up offshore companies to obscure their dealings.
Iceland’s prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is the first political casualty of the Panama Papers leak.
The prime minister stressed that no government had done more to fight tax evasion in the United Kingdom and at international level than his had.
France’s National Front leader Marine Le Pen has been implicated in the Panama Papers, and had a "sophisticated offshore system" to hide money.
All the stories of how a leak of more than 11 million documents shows heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens.
Secret documents show how deeply the world of soccer has become enmeshed in the world of offshore havens.
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Files show client roster that includes drug dealers, Mafia members, corrupt politicians and tax evaders — and wrongdoing galore
President Jacob Zuma’s nephew, Khulubuse, has responded to news that he has been named in the leaked Panama Papers.
Several African leaders have been linked to the Panama Papers leak, including the president of the Court of Appeal in Botswana.
President Zuma’s nephew Khulubuse Zuma caused the loss of thousands of jobs after stripping assets at now failed mining company Aurora.
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The president’s office has kept mum on allegations that Khulubuse Zuma stashed away money in the British Virgin Islands in 2010.
The leaked papers have revealed the hidden offshore assets of celebrities and world leaders, including Lionel Messi and aides to Vladimir Putin.
A vast global data leak has shed new light on one of SA’s most notorious corporate scandals – that which surrounds KZN farmer-accountant Gary Porritt.