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Today, ICIJ is releasing its final installment of #PandoraPapers data, adding information from seven offshore providers headquartered in Hong Kong, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Panama, Switzerland and Dubai to the #OffshoreLeaks Database. #WPFD 🧵bit.ly/3kyqvwb

In total, the #OffshoreLeaks Database now boasts information on more than three-quarters of a million people and companies behind secret offshore structures with links to more than 200 countries and territories, spanning five different major leaks. bit.ly/3kyqvwb

ICIJ is publishing this information in the public interest and we’re thrilled to make this data freely available to all on #WorldPressFreedomDay, as the #OffshoreLeaks Database has become an essential tool in the global fight to dismantle offshore secrecy. bit.ly/3kyqvwb

It’s been a long journey since ICIJ launched the #OffshoreLeaks Database 9 years ago in a bold and technically complex undertaking to make it easy to explore data from leaked records that was verified, structured into standardized fields, and searchable. bit.ly/3kBd3aR

We go behind-the-scenes and talk to some of the people who first made the #OffshoreLeaks Database a reality, as well as the ICIJ team members who've taken on the challenge, legal risks and considerable costs of keeping the database alive today. #WPFD bit.ly/3kBd3aR

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

Our team has spent years exploring and analyzing this data, extracting beneficial ownership and other information for public use. bit.ly/3uDaSrm

🇷🇺 Last month as part of #PandoraPapers Russia, ICIJ released company names and other data on more than 800 Russian nationals from the Seychelles-based offshore services provider Alpha Consulting Ltd., which serves mostly Russian clients. bit.ly/3F978mS

👉 Stay tuned for more resources on how to use the #OffshoreLeaks Database as a tool to track the hidden wealth of politicians, corrupt oligarchs, drug dealers and human traffickers, the diverted profits of brand name multinational corporations, and more. bit.ly/3bkNEOJ

💸 Making leaked information from the offshore world free and accessible to all is not cheap.

Please consider donating to ICIJ this #WorldPressFreedomDay to help us continue to expose corruption and hold the powerful to account. bit.ly/3rCDtMb