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13 Oct, 7 tweets, 4 min read
Investigation: Canadian businessman, a Toronto real estate firm implicated in multi-million-dollar offshore tax scheme in Channel Islands.

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Nearly 350,000 documents were leaked to journalists, including the Star. They detail the empire of Canadian-born John W. Dick and an offshore trust company called La Hougue that pitched clients on investments with the promise of tax-free profits.

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Pictured here, tens of thousands of documents, stacked in banker's boxes in a disused squash court on the grounds of a mansion on island of Jersey,
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Tens of millions of dollars over decades were moved with impunity using what Dick, some of his colleagues and financial experts agree were forged financial records, and corporate “layering,” used to complicate money flows and shield profits from taxation.
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The leak provides a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the methods of offshore money movement during the 2000s that have triggered legal actions that continue today.

Many of the key players here are Canadians.

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Who was the guiding hand? Fierce and ongoing allegations contained in legal, police and regulatory complaints show the figures in this story point fingers at each other.

@thecribby and @CalynShaw

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This story is part of the ongoing Jersey Offshore investigation by the @TorontoStar, the @globalrepcentre at @UBC , and European Investigative Collaborations.

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