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Pandora's papers keys, one of the greatest financial documents leaks

The International Consortium of Research Journalists (ICIJ) published Pandora's roles, a series of documents that would show how 35 leading politicians and former world leaders such as Vladimir Putin, King Abdalá de Jordan, or Presidents SebastiánPiñera and Guillermo Lasso have assets in tax havens.

After the documents rebelled on Sunday, this Monday, October 4, 2021, the Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso;his Chilean counterpart from him, Sebastián Piñera;ex -president, world leaders and former government officials have spoken about research to clarify or deny their alleged participation in operations.

These are the keys to the recent filtration:

¿Qué son los papeles de Pandora?

Pandora's papers are leaks of documents that follow the wake of the FINCEN files, the papers of paradise, the papers of Panama and Luxleaks.The filtered documents could promote cases for crimes of corruption, money laundering or tax evasion, although they are mostly legal proof of operations that the rich and powerful resort to create companies to buy properties.

Gran cantidad de información

The ICIJ pointed out that Pandora's papers is the last one is the largest filtration of documents.14 sources, almost 12 million files and almost 3 terabytes of data are part of the information that has reviewed the network of research journalists.

Origen de los documentos

The documents are 14 financial services for tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands, Panama, Belize, Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, Singapore or Switzerland.

"There has never been something on this scale.It shows the reality of companies in tax havens used to hide money and avoid paying taxes, ”said a spokesman for ICIJ, Fergus Shiel.

Claves de los papeles de Pandora, una de las mayores filtraciones de documentos financieros

"They use accounts and companies in tax havens to buy hundreds of millions of dollars in properties in their own countries, to enrich their families at the expense of their citizens," he added.The investigation "opens a box of many things", which gives name to filtration.

Periodistas participantes

In this last filtration, more than 600 journalists from 117 recognized countries and media from all over the world have participated.The Washington Post, the BBC, The Guardian and El País have published in the beginning the information, before others echoed in different countries of the world.

Líderes políticos y funcionarios señalados

The filtration revealed that 14 active world leaders hid fortunes of billions of dollars so as not to pay taxes.Another 21 that have already left power also hid properties and income, as well as more than 300 public officials, such as ministers, judges, mayors and generals of more than 90 countries around the world.

Among the names cited is the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.Pandora's papers reveal properties in Monaco while Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a billionaire, has not declared a company that has two mansions of USD 12 million in southern France.

In the case of Babis, revelation could have immediate political consequences, since their party, alliance of unhappy citizens (anus, "yes" in Czech) is the favorite for the legislative elections of October 8 and 9.

In the leaks, three active Latin American presidents include: Ecuadorian Guillermo Lasso, Chilean Sebastián Piñera and Dominican Luis Abinader, revealed The Washington Post, El País, BBC and The Guardian.

According to the BBC, Lasso, who was an entrepreneur and banker, stopped using a Panamanian entity to make monthly payments to his relatives and began using another entity in Dakota del Sur (USA.UU.), A State that has become a kind of fiscal paradise at the level of some jurisdictions of Europe and the Caribbean.

Meanwhile, Piñera allegedly had secret bus.

In the archives also include 11 ex -presidents of Latin America, such as the Peruvian Pedro Pablo Kuczynski;the Honduran Porfirio Lobo;Colombians César Gaviria and Andrés Pastrana;The Paraguayan Horacio Cartes and the Panamanians Juan Carlos Varela, Ricardo Martinelli and Ernesto Pérez Balladares.

King Abdalá of Jordan also appears, who has acquired important properties in the United Kingdom and the United States for a value of more than 80 million euros (USD 92.97 million to change this Monday).Since he arrived at the throne in 1999 he would have bought 15 houses in Malibu (California, United States) or London.

The monarch's lawyers ensure that these properties were acquired with private funds and that they also allocate to projects for citizens.Thus, they have defended the purchase of properties through screen companies for privacy and security reasons.

The president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, and six relatives who have a network of companies in tax havens or the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, whose environment has companies worth millions of euros in tax havens, consist among the names.

Also President Chipriota, Nicos Anastasiades, has testaferros that have property in fiscal paradises, just like the president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, who has a foundation in Panama that makes monthly disbursements to his family.

Another name that appears is that of President Azerí, Ilham Aliyev, and his family, accused of plundering the riches of his own country.According to the investigation, the Aliyev environment has bought properties in the United Kingdom for more than 400 million pounds (about 467 million euros; USD 542.71).One of the president's properties was sold to the British Royal House with a benefit of 31 million pounds.

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