Panama Papers.
Enviado por Jillian • 3 de Mayo de 2018 • 3.083 Palabras (13 Páginas) • 366 Visitas
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Jackie Chan, The Hong Kong-born actor figure in the roles of Panama shareholder of six companies based in the British Virgin Islands.
Ricardo Salinas Pliego hired a financial services firm with operations in the Isle of Man and Gibraltar since 2004 when facing a fraud investigation in the US. 1.15 billion dollars in art and antiques on behalf of the company in the British Virgin Islands. (BBC MUNDO, 2016)
Mossack Fonseca denies all the accusations saying that have operated successfully for the past 40 years and have never been accused of criminal activities.
As a result, the Government of Panama reaffirmed the commitment to strengthen transparency in its legal services and announced to open an official investigation.
France: The far-right family Le Pen has been the most peppered, because Frédéric Chatillon and Nicolas Crochet, two of the defendants last year for illegal financing of the National Front for the 2012 campaign, hid funds in offshore centers in Asia and the Caribbean. The scandal joins the research is performed in Jean Marie Le Pen for possible money laundering and tax evasion of 2.2 million euros.
Morocco: King Mohamed VI appears in the papers by his personal secretary, Mounir Majidi, president of the business group Siger, owned by the royal family. By companies in the British Virgin Islands, they bought the actual sailboat Al Boughaz and a Parisian hotel for 36 million euros. The controversy lies in the silence of the official press.
China: one third of the companies are managed by Mossack Fonseca Hong Kong and mainland China. the names of the relatives of the Chinese regime's elites, including President Xi Jinping, members of the Communist Party and to the husband of one of the granddaughters of Mao Zedong, Chen Dongsheng filtered. All accounts in the British Virgin Islands.
Uefa-Fifa: The Swiss prosecutor entered the headquarters of the Uefa to request documents on contracts for the sale of television rights to the Champions League in Ecuador, in 2006, the company Cross Trading, based in Nieu, a tax haven. In addition, the authorities claimed that these serve for investigation for corruption in the Conmebol. Fifa president Gianni Infantino signed these contracts.
One of the the heads of state named in the investigation was the president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri. Macri was denounced for alleged involvement in offshore companies in Bahamas Fleg Trading LTD and Kagemusha of Panama.The justice department of Argentina asks for certified copy of the statutes of Fleg Trading and affidavits of Francisco Macri "related to Fleg Trading" between 1998 and 2005. And through the Financial Information Unit (FIU) ordered that information obtained whether there are reports of suspicious transactions in Panama, Bahamas, Uruguay, Brazil and the United Kingdom of Fleg Trading LTD, Kagemus, Foxchase Trading SA, Sideco Americana SA, Global Collection Services Do Brasil Participacoes Owners, Gresoni Investment Group SA and Macri.
On the other hand, Argentina's Telam news agency said in a statement from the family of the late former President Nestor Kirchner and former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner that: "Given the global turmoil in which unfortunately is included our country with leaks called Panama Papers on money laundering and tax evasion in the tax haven of Panama, unveiled by the International Consortium of Journalists (ICIJ, in English) and the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the Kirchner family does not figure in any investigation of this unfortunate scam in which the country is discredited. " He adds: "We reiterate, the Kirchner family does not own any account, no society, no good whatsoever on the outside and at the time we decided to buy one, would appear as befits the DDJJ of AFIP, Anticorruption Office and other relevant agencies because, as always Nestor said, speak and act against the Argentine people”.
Another linked to the leaked documents is the president of Peñarol team of Uruguay, Juan Pedro Damiani, who is also subject to an investigation related to the Ethics Committee of FIFA, gave statements to the channel Uruguayan television VTV and described the issue as " ridiculous". Asked by a journalist before entering the stadium to watch a game, he said: "I am complainant and defendant. As you may recall Peñarol was the first big team who denounced irregularities in the CONMEBOL, that was in December 2013. In February 2014 we sent a letter to FIFA asking to investigate what for us were certain irregularities in the CONMEBOL. A year and a half before it jumped the whole issue. It's quite unusual. "
There are some documents like the Tax Administration Service (SAT) of Mexico, also expressed through a statement that "the Tax Authority of Mexico acts in all cases under the observance of laws and agreements international in matter "and added that" wing relation recent publication of news reporting on the use of structures or companies incorporated in countries known as tax havens, the tax Administration service of Mexico will open review in cases where it is appropriate, to taxpayers referred for nationals or companies with tax obligations in Mexico ".
Previously, as you will recall, were the famous Wikileaks, cables related to the US State Department and its embassies around the world. These were revealed by the mainstream press in late 2010, curiously a couple of weeks before he fell dead Mohamed Bouazizi, whose death would trigger what would be called as the "Arab Spring".
It draws much attention the relationship that these "revelations" like to have with the big Western media and the role they have been performing. For example: Wikileaks revelations played an active role in the "Arab Spring" should not forget that along with cyber attacks "Anonymous" defenders of Wikileaks. We must not forget that the spread of those cables, through the mainstream media, partly contributed to the destabilization of the Middle East and North Africa.
this relationship takes place again today documents-mainstream media, and as happened with Wikileaks cables, chances are that every so often we meet many more "revelations". As if a Pandora's box.
All we know is that the information was obtained from an anonymous, progressive and free source for more than one year, or a rough year for the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung and to process so large amount of information was shared benevolently with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - ICIJ), created in 1997
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