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The Pandora Papers show that Lebanon's recently reappointed billionaire PM Najib Mikati owns a Panama-based offshore company which he used to buy property in Monaco worth $10m.

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The Pandora Papers suggest the family of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta is linked to at least 13 offshore companies.

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Russia has dismissed leaks in the Pandora Papers implicating President Putin as “unsubstantiated claims”.

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Ukraine's President Zelenskyy transferred his stake in a secret offshore company in 2012 just before he was elected.

His office sought to justify those offshore accounts following leaked revelations in the Pandora Papers ➡️ aje.io/eqxcr9
Ex-Hong Kong leaders CY Leung and Tung Chee-hwa were named in the Pandora Papers over the undisclosed sale of company shares and setting up offshore companies to skirt taxes.

Both now serve as senior members of an advisory committee for the Chinese gov't aje.io/dv6bj3
Lebanon PM Mikati says his wealth is legal after Pandora Papers leak reveals he owns an offshore firm in Panama aje.io/nvprur

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