Millions of leaked documents dubbed the Pandora Papers and a worldwide journalistic partnership on Sunday claims to have uncovered financial secrets of current and former world leaders, politicians and public officials in 91 countries and territories, including India. (More Cricket News)
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which involved the BBC and 바카라The Guardian바카라 newspaper in the UK and 바카라The Indian Express바카라 in India among 150 media outlets in its investigation, claims it obtained the trove of more than 11.9 million confidential files to find secret financial dealings of many super rich.
"People linked by the secret documents to offshore assets include India바카라s cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar, pop music diva Shakira, supermodel Claudia Schiffer and an Italian mobster known as 바카라Lell the Fat One바카라,바카라 says ICIJ in its report.
"Tendulkar바카라s attorney said the cricket player바카라s investment is legitimate and has been declared to tax authorities. Shakira바카라s attorney said the singer declared her companies, which the attorney said do not provide tax advantages. Schiffer바카라s representatives said the supermodel correctly pays her taxes in the UK, where she lives," it notes.
On a world map highlighting the number of politicians linked with offshore dealings, India is shown as having six and Pakistan seven.
"ICIJ바카라s latest investigation, the Pandora Papers, brings renewed attention to the use of offshore companies by Pakistani political players. This time, the offshore holdings of people close to (Prime Minister Imran) Khan are being disclosed, including his finance minister and a top financial backer,바카라 the findings claim.
A spokesperson for Khan told a press conference that if any of his ministers or advisors had offshore companies, 바카라they will have to be held accountable바카라.
According to the ICIJ, its secret documents expose offshore dealings of the likes of the King of Jordan, the presidents of Ukraine, Kenya and Ecuador, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The files also reveal financial activities of Russian President Vladimir Putin바카라s 바카라unofficial minister of propaganda바카라 and more than 130 billionaires from Russia, the US, Turkey and other nations.
The ICIJ says the leaked records come from 14 offshore services firms from around the world that set up shell companies and other offshore nooks for clients often seeking to keep their financial activities in the shadows.
It says the global investigation provides an "unequalled perspective" on how the rule of law has been 바카라bent and broken바카라 around the world by a system of financial secrecy enabled by wealthy nations.
"The findings by ICIJ and its media partners spotlight how deeply secretive finance has infiltrated global politics 바카라 and offer insights into why governments and global organisations have made little headway in ending offshore financial abuses,바카라 it notes.
The ICIJ analysis of the secret documents identified 956 companies in offshore havens tied to 336 high-level politicians and public officials, including country leaders, cabinet ministers, ambassadors and others.
