Pandora Papers

[Susheel]

https://twitter.com/LizSly/status/1445330284140957698

Well, in India the government is more focused on whether or not the son of an Indian bollywood superstar (who also happens to be muslim), may or may not have taken cochise at a party on a cruise in international waters.
No announcement has been made about investigations of the people on the list, many of whom are big supporters of Modi. The media too, most of which are run by Modi's cronies, have been silent.

 

[Hlafordlaes]

Systemic money laundering is a deep betrayal. Don't take my word for it.

Then again, maybe we do live in an atomized world, where nothing affects anything, no cause and effect is in play, no systems are operative, a world in which we might sit and gaze at stacks of gold on the hilltop, surrounded by fat men and whores, and while away the hours in bliss, if not orgasm, dreaming of gods who bestow favors, and rushing to bayonet any shrill voice.

 

[TurkeysGhost]

Probably follow the same trajectory as the Panama papers. Nothing will happen, except that a journalist that dared expose the elite will get murdered.

 

[Venom]

Probably follow the same trajectory as the Panama papers. Nothing will happen, except that a journalist that dared expose the elite will get murdered.

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[Manger Douse]

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Daphne Caruana Galizia -
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58012903

 

[autumn1971]

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Isn't the USA still the country with more detained journalists than any other?

Your confusion seems a bit anachronistic

 

[theprestige]

Isn't the USA still the country with more detained journalists than any other?

Your confusion seems a bit anachronistic

Betcha anything it's actually China and they're fudging their numbers.

 

[autumn1971]

Betcha anything it's actually China and they're fudging their numbers.

I honestly think you're absolutely right.

That said, "well China probably has more," isn't really reassuring.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

China followed by Turkey, followed by Egypt when it comes to jailing journalists.

 

[Susheel]

China followed by Turkey, followed by Egypt when it comes to jailing journalists.

Don't forget India...they are making quite a mark in this regard

 

[Vixen]

I am glad this is all coming out in the open. I worked in a firm investigating laundered money by organised criminals. The trail took us the Turks and Caicos and Curaco. Getting the funds back to the UK taxpayers - from who it had been stolen by organised tax fraud - was another nightmare as everything was top secret. In the end the courts in these countries were persuaded to freeze the assets and repay the laundered money, which was literally hundreds of millions of pounds. And do you know what? These are the same off-shore banks the world's tax-evading billionaires use. In effect, they are providing shelter for money launderers as well, most of whom have never been apprehended, probably. Why isn't this made transparent? Because the Blairs and the friends of Putin would also have to be transparent.