If you have not watched the movie The Laundromat on Netflix, you need to. It's about the Panama Papers, the biggest data leak, 11.5 million documents, from the 4th largest offshore law firm in 2016.
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2018 film that inspired The Laundromat
Original story breaking the leak.
"Over a year ago, an anonymous source contacted the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and submitted encrypted internal documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that sells anonymous offshore companies around the world"
panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56feb…
"Over a year ago, an anonymous source contacted the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and submitted encrypted internal documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that sells anonymous offshore companies around the world"
panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56feb…
"The Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world’s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca."
theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/…
theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/…
3yrs later and still an impact.
"The Swiss firm was set up as an asset management company. It was at the center of 14 shell companies incorporated in British Anguila, Samoa and elsewhere, according to the Offshore Leaks Database"
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"The Swiss firm was set up as an asset management company. It was at the center of 14 shell companies incorporated in British Anguila, Samoa and elsewhere, according to the Offshore Leaks Database"
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"Hidden in 11.5 million secret files are 140 politicians from more than 50 countries connected to offshore companies in 21 tax havens. Explore dozens of stories in this interactive feature."
icij.org/investigations…
icij.org/investigations…
Corporations in our country continue to make record profits and many if not all pay ZERO taxes and got a major boost in profits from the #GOPTaxScam. While #MoscowMitch claims social security and medicare are the problem causing the national debt and must be cut.
Oligarchy set the rules, middle class and below pay in our trickle up society. Yes I said trickle up, trickle down economics is a myth and bed time story to sooth those gullable enough to believe the ultra wealthy actually care about people over profits.
Sure some of them see donate to charities, churches , set up charities in their names and a few other worthy causes. But in the end when they still have billions upon billions in wealth they hold on to, do they really care?
Greed and survival of the richest has become the rule of law in our country. The GOP forsakes those in need to satisfy and feed the the wealthy.
