Leaked Paradise Papers Shed Light On Murky Offshore World

Published: Nov. 6, 2017.

Countries implicated in the Paradise Papers

Expanding on the work uncovered by the Panama Papers, German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung obtained 13.4 million records detailing offshore networks and exposing the world’s biggest names from Trump commerce secretary Wilbur Ross to entertainer Madonna and even Queen Elizabeth. Süddeutsche Zeitung editors shared these “Paradise Papers” with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and a network of more than 380 journalists in 67 countries. The resulting exposes have only just begun.

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