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Swiss company accused of tax dodging in Zimbabwe

Africa Tatenda Chitagu & Will Fitzgibbon - 3 Sep 2020

Zimbabwe’s tax authority said ABB, one of Switzerland’s most profitable companies, avoided paying millions of dollars to the economically crippled country

Malefactors of Mossack Fonseca: Meet The Dutchman, the Queen of the South and the Boss of Bosses

Article Ryan Chittum - 9 May 2016

Meet some of the convicted felons and alleged wrongdoers who use secretive offshore companies found in the Panama Papers database.

Panama Papers: Was Mossack Fonseca within its legal rights to keep mum?

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Apr 2016

The ethics of the Panamanian law firm are certainly questionable, but legally it only had to report any activity that raised obvious red flags.

Panama Papers: People behind dodgy Khulubuse Zuma oil deal

Article Craig Mckune - 8 Apr 2016

The Panama Papers leak has thrown light on ownership secrecy in a Khulubuse Zuma-fronted oil deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Parade of the blacklisted marches through firm’s client list – and Syria’s civil war

Article Will Fitzgibbon - 7 Apr 2016

Global law firm’s customers include suspected financiers of terrorism, nuclear weapons proliferators and gunrunners.

Murder by poison only one clue to offshore dealings by top Chinese

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Apr 2016

Eight current and former members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the country's top decision makers, have relatives with secret offshore firms.

PanamaLeaks: Scope narrows for the rich to hide offshore assets

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Apr 2016

Tax authorities globally are closing in on tax evasion and tax avoidance structures.

Editorial: Stop the rot shown by Panama Papers

Article Editorial - 7 Apr 2016

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.

CIA spies and shadowy allies lurk in secret thanks to Mossack Fonseca

Article Will Fitzgibbon - 6 Apr 2016

Firm helps CIA operatives and other characters — real or fanciful — from the world of espionage set up offshore companies to obscure their dealings.

Iceland PM resigns in #PanamaPapers scandal

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Apr 2016

Iceland's prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is the first political casualty of the Panama Papers leak.

UK PM Cameron refutes having offshore income after #PanamaPapers leak

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Apr 2016

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.

#PanamaLeaks: French far-right leader hid money

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Apr 2016

France's National Front leader Marine Le Pen has been implicated in the Panama Papers, and had a "sophisticated offshore system" to hide money.

The Panama Papers: Exposing the rogue offshore finance industry

Article Amabhungane - 5 Apr 2016

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.

Leak ties ethics guru to three men charged in Fifa scandal

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Apr 2016

Secret documents show how deeply the world of soccer has become enmeshed in the world of offshore havens.

Panamanian law firm is gatekeeper to vast flow of murky offshore secrets

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Apr 2016

Files show client roster that includes drug dealers, Mafia members, corrupt politicians and tax evaders — and wrongdoing galore

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