Pop singer Shakira is linked with offshore assets Over 130 billionaires exposed
Hasnaa made the purchase using funds from the "Moroccan Royal Family," according to the leaked documents, which listed her occupation as "Princess." She did not respond to questions sent by ICIJ's media partner, Le Desk, to the Royal Palace. The secret documents have also unmasked Morocco's Princess Lalla Hasnaa as the owner of a shell company that bought an $11 million home in upscale London, near Kensington Palace. They categorically denied any improper ownership of property through offshore companies. The king’s lawyers in a statement emphasized that the monarch did not misuse any public money. King Abdullah II of Jordan bought three beachfront mansions for a total of $68 million in Malibu through offshore companies amid the Arab Spring, when Jordanians filled the streets to protest against corruption and unemployment. Some of these companies are used to hide incognito bank accounts, private jets, yachts, mansions, and artworks by the likes of Picasso and Banksy. The Pandora Papers uncover the true owners of more than 29,000 offshore companies.
Kenyatta and his family did not reply to ICIJ's requests for comment. Other family members, including three siblings, own five offshore companies with assets worth more than $30 million, according to the records. Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged transparency but is implicated himself But leaked records show that Kenyatta and his mother are beneficiaries of a secretive foundation in Panama. President Kenyatta, who hails from one of Kenya's best-known political dynasties, had campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and urged transparency in politics. Shefir and Zelenskyy did not respond to ICIJ partners' repeated requests for comment. A month before his presidential election win in April 2019, the actor-turned-politician quietly sold off his Maltex Multicapital Corp shares as a beneficial owner - a person who has the power to influence stock transactions - to Serhiy Shefir, a close friend and business partner.Ī document from June 2019 shows that Shefir, a top presidential aide who survived an assassination attempt in September, retained his stake in Maltex Multicapital Corp after he joined Zelenskyy's administration. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also owned a stake in a shell company registered in the British Virgin Islands. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy owned a stake in a shell company Cherie Blair said her husband was not involved in the transaction.
Blair to Babis: Europe's elite uncoveredįormer UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has spoken out against tax avoidance for decades, but the leaks reveal he and his wife were able to own an $8.8 million (€7.6 million) building when they bought an offshore real estate company from the family of Bahrain's industry and tourism minister, Zayed bin Rashid al-Zayani.īy purchasing the company shares - and not the building directly - Blair and his wife Cherie were able to avoid having to pay property taxes totaling $400,000.īoth the Blairs and the al-Zayanis said they did not initially know about each other's involvement in the deal. The finance ministers of Pakistan, the Netherlands and Brazil all have ties to offshore companies, as do former finance ministers of Malta and France - including ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.įormer British Prime Minister Tony Blair is one leading figure mentioned in the investigationĪccording to ICIJ, the Pandora Papers show that the power players who could help bring an end to the offshore system are instead benefiting from it - stashing assets in covert companies and trusts while their governments do little to slow a global stream of illicit money that enriches criminals and impoverishes nations. The millions of leaked documents examined by the biggest journalism partnership in history show the extent to which secretive offshore operations are entangled in global finance politics. The investigation, carried out by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and a team of 150 news outlets - including DW's Turkish service - also found that more than 330 high-level politicians and public officials worldwide have ties to offshore accounts. Offshore accounts are often used to secretly manage and move large sums of money to hide a person's true wealth. The Pandora Papers investigation has revealed that 35 current and former world leaders - including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the king of Jordan and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta - as well as powerful billionaires were affiliated with companies that use offshore tax havens.
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