It hasn’t even been three months since we launched the #PandoraPapers with 600 reporting partners but the global fallout has been fast and furious since.
🧵 Here’s an end-of-year recap on the key developments and what we’ll be keeping our eyes on in 2022. bit.ly/3Jguad6
Since making headlines by exposing the offshore financial activities of world leaders in the #PandoraPapers, heads-of-state and other officials have scrambled to hold on to their jobs against impeachment bids, elections, and probes. bit.ly/3Jguad6
🇨🇱 Chilean President Sebastián Piñera was impeached by lawmakers over #PandoraPapers revelations but survived a Senate vote to remove him from office. bit.ly/30uHhWe
🇪🇨 Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso also survived an impeachment effort. bit.ly/3ECSCmo
🇨🇿 Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis was still leading in the polls days after the #PandoraPapers revealed that he used shell companies in tax havens to buy a chateau on the French Riviera, but ended up losing re-election by less than 1% of votes. bit.ly/3Jguad6
🗳️ It wasn’t the only major race in which the ruling party faced blowback from politicians’ links to the #PandoraPapers.
Recent election outcomes in Chile and Honduras are part of a historic political swing left in Latin America. bit.ly/3Jguad6
🔎 After being named in the #PandoraPapers, major political figures saw official inquiries or summons to answer questions about their offshore dealings in Montenegro, Ukraine, Brazil, Colombia and more. bit.ly/3Jguad6
The #PandoraPapers provoked a global wave of demands for officials to investigate evidence of financial crime, tax evasion and more.
At least 19 probes and inquiries were launched by the European Parliament, Europol and authorities in 15 countries. bit.ly/3Jguad6
By offering an unprecedented look at rising secrecy jurisdictions in the United States and the United Arab Emirates, in addition to well-known tax havens, the #PandoraPapers is changing the global conversation on reforming the “offshore” economy. bit.ly/3Jguad6
ICIJ has also begun publishing data unmasking the beneficial owners of more than 15,000 offshore entities from the #PandoraPapers in the #OffshoreLeaks database.
More revelations are expected to surface as regulators and citizens explore the new data. bit.ly/3H9nlZe
After similar data from ICIJ’s #PanamaPapers investigation was released five years ago, governments around the world recouped more than $1.36 billion in back taxes and penalties as a result of the findings. bit.ly/3yTDFu0
The #PandoraPapers also provoked pushback and censorship from high-level officials, business people and shadowy operatives in several countries.
Many of our reporting partners around the world have faced intense backlash for investigating the leak. bit.ly/3JeFZ3p
And this is just the beginning. ICIJ and our global journalism network will continue to publish #PandoraPapers investigations in the new year.
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