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Bahamas files leaks expose politicians' offshore links
Source: The Guardian
Bahamas files leaks expose politicians' offshore links
Release of 1.3m files reveals business dealings of home secretary
Amber Rudd and former EU commissioner Neelie Kroes
Juliette Garside
Wednesday 21 September 2016 19.00 BST
In the digital age, offshore secrets are hard to keep. In its latest revelations, the Guardian is publishing investigations based on the leak of 1.3m internal files from the company register of the Bahamas, one of the world’s most notorious tax havens.
The data has brought to light details of the financial interests of politicians, entrepreneurs, financiers – and fraudsters.
Five months after the release of the Panama Papers, this new cache of information from the world of offshore tax havens contains the names of directors and some shareholders at nearly 176,000 shell companies, trusts and foundations.
It was received by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, and will be shared with the public in a Bahamas leaks database, built by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington and also launched on Wednesday.
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Release of 1.3m files reveals business dealings of home secretary
Amber Rudd and former EU commissioner Neelie Kroes
Juliette Garside
Wednesday 21 September 2016 19.00 BST
In the digital age, offshore secrets are hard to keep. In its latest revelations, the Guardian is publishing investigations based on the leak of 1.3m internal files from the company register of the Bahamas, one of the world’s most notorious tax havens.
The data has brought to light details of the financial interests of politicians, entrepreneurs, financiers – and fraudsters.
Five months after the release of the Panama Papers, this new cache of information from the world of offshore tax havens contains the names of directors and some shareholders at nearly 176,000 shell companies, trusts and foundations.
It was received by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, and will be shared with the public in a Bahamas leaks database, built by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington and also launched on Wednesday.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/21/leaked-bahamas-files-expose-politicians-offshore-links
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Source: The Guardian
Ex-EU commissioner Neelie Kroes failed to declare directorship of offshore firm
Leak of files from Bahamas corporate register reveals former
head of Europe’s antitrust watchdog was recruited by UAE
venture set up to buy Enron assets
Juliette Garside
Wednesday 21 September 2016 19.00 BST
The former European commissioner Neelie Kroes, who is now a paid adviser to Bank of America and Uber, failed to declare her directorship of an offshore firm in the Bahamas while she was the most powerful corporate enforcer in Brussels.
A cache of previously unseen documents published on Wednesday reveal that Kroes was recruited by a venture funded by the United Arab Emirates, which intended to snap up the international assets of the energy company Enron in a $7bn (£5.4bn) deal.
The information comes from a leak of 1.3m files from the Bahamas corporate registry, which has brought to light the names of directors and shareholders at nearly 176,000 shell companies, trusts and foundations located in the Caribbean tax haven.
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Leak of files from Bahamas corporate register reveals former
head of Europe’s antitrust watchdog was recruited by UAE
venture set up to buy Enron assets
Juliette Garside
Wednesday 21 September 2016 19.00 BST
The former European commissioner Neelie Kroes, who is now a paid adviser to Bank of America and Uber, failed to declare her directorship of an offshore firm in the Bahamas while she was the most powerful corporate enforcer in Brussels.
A cache of previously unseen documents published on Wednesday reveal that Kroes was recruited by a venture funded by the United Arab Emirates, which intended to snap up the international assets of the energy company Enron in a $7bn (£5.4bn) deal.
The information comes from a leak of 1.3m files from the Bahamas corporate registry, which has brought to light the names of directors and shareholders at nearly 176,000 shell companies, trusts and foundations located in the Caribbean tax haven.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/21/ex-eu-commissioner-neelie-kroes-failed-to-declare-directorship-of-offshore-firm
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