A massive leak of documents exposes the offshore holdings of 12 current and former world leaders and reveals how associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin secretly shuffled as much as $2 billion through banks and shadow companies. The leak also provides details of the hidden financial dealings of 128 more politicians and public officials around […]
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Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption
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All Putin’s Men: Secret Records Reveal Money Network Tied to Russian Leader
Vladimir Putin and Sergey Roldugin forged a bond as young men. Fast friends, almost like brothers, they cruised the streets of Leningrad, singing and, in Putin’s case, occasionally getting into fistfights. As Putin rose to power as Russia’s supreme leader and Roldugin made a name for himself as a classical cellist and conductor, the two […]
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Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister of Pakistan (1990-1993) (1997-1999) (2013-present) Relatives in the data: Mariam Safdar, Hasan and Hussain Nawaz Sharif
Controversy has long engulfed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, including three of his four children – Mariam, Hasan and Hussain – over their riches from a network of businesses that include steel, sugar and paper mills and extensive international property holdings. At various times, depending on the political party in power, the Sharifs – […]
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Film stars in spotlight after Panama Papers leak
NEW DELHI, (APP/AFP) – Bollywood’s Amitabh Bachchan and martial arts movie star Jackie Chan are among celebrities who feature Monday in a massive leak of documents, some of which reveal hidden offshore assets. Bollywood legend Bachchan, simply known as the “Big B” in India, was appointed director of at least four shipping companies registered in […]
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N. Korea says under Leningrad-style siege from US
SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – North Korea’s top military body has accused US-led “hostile forces” of laying siege to the country like Leningrad in World War II and Cuba during the Cold War missile crisis. In a statement carried Monday by the North’s official KCNA news agency, a spokesman for the National Defence Commission (NDC) also said […]
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Azerbaijan, Armenia locked in deadly clashes over Karabakh
BAKU/YEREVAN, (APP/AFP) – Azerbaijan said Armenian forces had killed three of its troops on Monday, as clashes over the disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh continued for a third day despite international pressure to stop fighting. The Azeri defence ministry said three servicemen were killed when Armenians shelled their positions using mortars and grenade launchers. “In […]