Secrecy for Sale: Inside the Global Offshore Money Maze

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Secret Files Expose Offshore’s Global Impact

A cache of 2.5 million files has cracked open the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts, exposing hidden dealings of politicians, con men and the mega-rich the world over.

The secret records obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists lay bare the names behind covert companies and private trusts in the British Virgin Islands, the Cook Islands and other offshore hideaways.

The hoard of documents represents the biggest stockpile of inside information about the offshore system ever obtained by a media organization. The total size of the files, measured in gigabytes, is more than 160 times larger than the leak of U.S. State Department documents by Wikileaks in 2010.

To analyze the documents, ICIJ collaborated with reporters from The Guardian and the BBC in the U.K., Le Monde in France, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Germany, The Washington Post, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and 31 other media partners around the world.

Much more at:
http://www.icij.org/offshore/secret-files-expose-offshores-global-impact

and also here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/03/offshore-secrets-offshore-tax-haven?CMP=twt_fd

Hopefully more to come from analysis of this huge trove !1!1!!!

[russspeakeasy]

1. Great, my name showed up twice.

[Marie Marie]

2. Oh no. Allow me to help you out.

Close those offshore accounts immediately, send me a check for those funds and for a small "storage fee", I will hide your money in my mattress. Sshh - it will be our little secret. You are welcome.

[russspeakeasy]

3. Done. Please send me a receipt ...