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💡 It’s here! To bring more transparency to the hidden financial maneuvers of the offshore world, ICIJ is making #PandoraPapers data free and available for all to explore in the #OffshoreLeaks Database. bit.ly/3drRVQK

The #PandoraPapers is the most expansive leak of tax haven files in history, containing confidential information from 14 offshore service providers.

Today, we’re releasing structured data from two of those firms: Alcogal and Fidelity. bit.ly/35o4APG

The #PandoraPapers’ 11.9 million records was the most complex offshore leak ICIJ has ever tackled.

Only 4% of the files were structured. We spent months exploring and analyzing them, extracting beneficial ownership and other information. bit.ly/3uDaSrm

The #PandoraPapers data is being added in installments to ICIJ’s #OffshoreLeaks Database, which strips away the secrecy of hundreds of thousands of offshore entities from several ICIJ investigations like the #PanamaPapers and #ParadisePapers. bit.ly/3drRVQK

"The Offshore Leaks Database helps put the power of information back where it belongs — in the hands of the public,” Director @RyleGerard says on why ICIJ continues to shed light on the damage perpetrated by the offshore economy by releasing leaked data.

By allowing ordinary citizens to explore companies and people that used – and sometimes abused — the secrecy of offshore havens, the newly available data is expected to uncover new connections that may have escaped reporters, as in previous ICIJ releases. bit.ly/3drRVQK

ICIJ reports on stories in the public interest and thus does not publish raw documents or personal data en masse. We also don't share files with governments.

We do, however, publish relevant documents from the leaked files, which you can explore here: bit.ly/3pz6N5u

You can now search #PandoraPapers records from two new offshore service providers:
1️⃣ Panamanian law firm Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & Lee (Alcogal): bit.ly/3Ic8rTj
2️⃣ Fidelity Corporate Services, which served a large number of Russian clients: bit.ly/31rFxxE

Alcogal is a go-to firm for politicians and elites in Latin America and beyond, with ties to nearly 1/2 of the politicians identified in the #PandoraPapers, including 18 current or ex heads-of-state.
Power Players linked to Alcogal: bit.ly/3lxHksd
bit.ly/3EnKMwO

You can search names of specific entities in the #OffshoreLeaks Database or filter by ...
🔎 ICIJ leak
📍Secrecy jurisdiction
🌍 Names connected to a specific country

You can also download the full datasets to explore on your own. bit.ly/3IhCTv8

The new #PandoraPapers data reveals confidential information about the owners of offshore entities mostly registered in the British Virgin Islands, but also in secrecy jurisdictions like the Seychelles, Hong Kong, Belize, Panama, and South Dakota. bit.ly/3pw8As3

ICIJ will incorporate more data linked to other providers from the #PandoraPapers to the #OffshoreLeaks Database in 2022.

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