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Panama Papers trail offers hope to West African villagers seeking compensation
Families in one of Africa’s poorest countries hope documents from the Panama Papers will force a foreign-owned company to compensate them for alleged pollution, forced removal, health complaints and...
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Tallying Panama Papers Impact, One Change At A Time
The Panama Papers offers “compelling evidence” of the global impact of investigative journalism, according to a new study that highlights at least 147 distinct responses to the investigation by...
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Treaty to ‘dodge Kenyan tax’ deemed unconstitutional
Kenya’s High Court has struck down a tax agreement with offshore haven Mauritius, a potentially significant precedent for other African nations’ efforts to staunch billions of dollars in lost revenue....
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NepaLeaks: On the trail of money flowing from Nepal to tax havens, then back...
In case you missed the first investigation by journalists into how money moves from Nepal offshore, published in January, we are summing up some of its top findings… and the best cartoons describing...
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‘You have a wallet, right?’: Rutger Bregman on his Davos moment, and taxation...
Dutch historian and De Correspondent journalist Rutger Bregman didn’t expect to blast global elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. But after days of listening to billionaire speakers...
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FBI says ‘we must learn from the Panama Papers’
Allowing the owners of shell companies to hide their identities from United States authorities constitutes a “significant loophole” in the country’s ability to tackle money laundering and illicit...
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Paradise islands vow reform but devil is in the missing detail
Facing the threat of being blacklisted by the European Union, three British islands synonymous with aiding tax avoidance say they plan to embrace greater transparency. Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of...
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Luxembourg falls further behind EU AML rules as companies fail to disclose...
Luxembourg has approved a further delay for companies to register their beneficial ownership details after 53% of affected entities failed to do so by the initial deadline. More than 68,000 companies...
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Cayman Signals Willingness to Abandon Corporate Secrecy – But Not Yet
The Cayman Islands, one of the world’s most important offshore tax and secrecy havens, has said it will slowly move towards making public the names of individuals behind tens of thousands of companies...
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US poised to crack down on anonymous shell companies
The United States House of Representatives moved on Tuesday to crack down on anonymous shell companies in a push to thwart money laundering, financial crime and terrorism. The Corporate Transparency...
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How global collaboration can be a shield against litigation
When lawyers from banking giant HSBC faced off against reporters from the Guardian prior to the publication of the Swiss Leaks investigation in 2015, their initial approach was to threaten the...
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Panama Papers and the ‘thin line’ for legal tax dodging
In the wake of the Panama Papers, thousands of taxpayers around the world received notices from their respective tax authorities seeking clarifications, issuing fines, or requesting payment of taxes...
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Citing Panama Papers, Warren announces plan to fight global corruption
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a leading Democratic candidate for the United States 2020 presidential election, has announced a suite of policies aimed at ending global corruption, and cited the Panama...
View ArticleFrom Colonization to Kleptocracy: A history of Angola
Our visual explainer shows you how Africa’s richest woman rose amid a country divided by war and rich in natural resources. The post From Colonization to Kleptocracy: A history of Angola appeared first...
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Western advisers helped an autocrat’s daughter amass and shield a fortune
Pausing at the entrance to a star-studded bash at the Cannes Film Festival, ’90s icon Sharon Stone flashed her one-of-a-kind cuff bracelet. It was a wraparound hippo with rubies for eyes, sapphire...
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How Africa’s richest woman exploited family ties, shell companies and inside...
She spun a story the world wanted to believe: a self-made billionaire who had risen in a male-dominated business world in an African country ravaged by civil war and poverty. In public appearances in...
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PwC head ‘shocked and disappointed’ by Luanda Leaks revelations
Accounting giant PwC launched an internal investigation into its dealings with Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, and a major Portuguese bank cut ties with her, as fallout from an International...
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U.S. poised to celebrate its first Panama Papers tax conviction
A German businessman charged with tax evasion and money laundering offenses following the publication of the Panama Papers investigation will plead guilty in New York, federal prosecutors said. Harald...
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The world’s biggest tax haven lurked behind a dos Santos penthouse
As scrutiny of her business empire increased, African billionaire Isabel dos Santos turned to one of the world’s most secretive tax havens to conceal a $1.8 million luxury apartment in the Portuguese...
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How Isabel dos Santos went shopping in Mauritius for shell companies, secrecy...
In the dry, warm Angolan autumn of 2014, billionaire Isabel dos Santos and her husband, Sindika Dokolo, dreamed of beer. Lots and lots of beer. Dos Santos, the Angolan president’s favorite daughter,...
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