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Pakistan power elite to ex-British PM: Revelations from Pandora papers leak

Moving money through offshore accounts, in mostly low-tax jurisdictions, is legal in most countries, and many of the people named in the data release aren't accused of criminal wrongdoing

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists obtained 11.9 million confidential documents from 14 separate legal and financial services firms
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King Abdullah II of Jordan used an accountant and lawyers to secretly purchase 14 luxury homes, says a collective of journalists. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Iain Marlow | Bloomberg
An unprecedented leak of financial records known as the Pandora Papers has revealed the offshore financial assets of dozens of current and former world leaders and hundreds of politicians from Asia and the Middle East to Latin America.
 
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists obtained 11.9 million confidential documents from 14 separate legal and financial services firms, which the group said offered “a sweeping look at an industry that helps the world’s ultrawealthy, powerful government officials and other elites conceal trillions of dollars from tax authorities, prosecutors and others.”

Moving money through offshore accounts, in mostly low-tax jurisdictions, is legal