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NEW: #PandoraPapers reveals the inner workings of a shadow economy that benefits the wealthy and well-connected at the expense of everyone else.

Brought to you by ICIJ and 600+ journalists, the largest collaboration in journalism history. 🧵 bit.ly/3uD1T9R

The #PandoraPapers contain 12M documents from 14 service providers.

Our investigation uncovers the financial secrets of 35 current and former world leaders, 330+ politicians and public officials, and a global list of fugitives, con artists and murderers. bit.ly/3a2KPk0

The #PandoraPapers unmask the covert owners of offshore companies, incognito bank accounts, private jets, yachts, mansions and famous artwork — providing more information than what’s usually available to law enforcement and cash-strapped governments. bit.ly/3a2KPk0

Of the more than 300 politicians and public officials unearthed in the #PandoraPapers, we profiled more than 50 of the biggest names – and their secret offshore holdings — in the Power Players interactive. 👇 icij.org/investigations…

The #PandoraPapers include some of the most powerful figures in the world, including:

🔴 Jordan’s King Abdullah II — who secretly purchased 14 luxury homes, worth more than $106M, in the U.S. and the U.K. through shell companies registered in tax havens. bit.ly/3B6hDol

🔴 Konstantin Ernst, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “unofficial minister of propaganda”

He used offshore secrecy to obscure how he benefited from a deal to buy and develop public assets — then valued at nearly half a billion dollars — at a discount. bit.ly/3B7bY1f

🔴 A cricket celebrity turned politician, Imran Khan promised Pakistan a corruption-free era after the #PanamaPapers.

Now prime minister, the #PandoraPapers show key members of his inner circle have secretly owned companies and trusts holding millions. icij.org/investigations…

🔴 Czech Republic PM Andrej Babis faces reelection this week. The #PandoraPapers reveal he moved $22M through offshore companies to buy a lavish estate while keeping his ownership secret. bit.ly/3l4gpEg

See our partners at @investigace_cz ask him about it 📹

🔴 Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta

The #PandoraPapers show that Kenyatta’s family has been secretly accumulating a personal fortune behind offshore corporate veils for years. bit.ly/2YfIrDN

The #PandoraPapers is the biggest dataset ICIJ has ever investigated, 2.94 terabytes of confidential information from 14 offshore service providers — enterprises that set up and manage shell companies and trusts in tax havens around the globe. bit.ly/3uA1d53

Meet the firms whose confidential records make up the basis of the #PandoraPapers: The Secrecy Brokers 👇
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They include Alcogal, a go-to law firm of the Latin American elite has created at least 14,000 shell companies and trusts in tax havens, more than any other offshore provider in the leaked documents. icij.org/investigations…

The #PandoraPapers is not just our biggest investigation ever, it’s our biggest collaboration ever: 600+ journalists in 117 countries and territories!

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