The leaked trove of documents, dubbed the Paradise Papers, contain 13.4-million records that highlight damning cases of tax abuse and questionable business practices involving multinational companies, high level politicians, celebrities, wealthy executives and even royals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The data dates from 1950 to 2016 and includes emails and loan agreements from more than 25,000 entities in 180 countries. Included in the data are never-before-seen details of corporate registries in 19 countries infamous for ensuring high levels of secrecy \u2013 key nodes in the global shadow economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The leaks were obtained by German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/a> and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists<\/a> and a network of more than 380 journalists in 67 countries including amaBhungane and Business Day<\/em> in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 November 2017 Paradise Papers: SA names aplenty in massive new tax haven leak<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 November 2017 New leaked papers show tax avoidance by super rich<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 November 2017 Paradise Papers: how an island and Ireland aided Apple’s megaprofits<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 November 2017 Paradise Papers: Nike\u2019s tax burden so soft it hardly makes a swoosh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 November 2017 The ships Glencore wanted to keep \u2018hush hush\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 November 2017 Exposed: The South Africans named in the Paradise Papers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 November 2017 Paradise Papers: Ramaphosa\u2019s Shanduka deal flop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 November 2017 Paradise Papers: Spar blames the rand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 November 2017 Paradise in Mauritius<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 November 2017 Dummies’ guide to the Paradise Papers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 November 2017 Mauritius the apple of Aspen\u2019s eye<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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