Here is a listing of current and previous world leaders connected to the files. Have a look at Dirty Little Tricks, Blend's complete examination into the leak and the underworld it exposes.
For added information on these names and more, check out The Power Players," an interactive presentation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), from which much of this info is obtained.
A rich Iraqi exile who helped lead the push for war with Saddam Hussein, Allawi went back to Iraq to act as prime minister in He also served as vice president as recently as in 2014. From 1985 to 2013, Mossack Fonseca helped run his Panama-registered company Holdings Inc.owned a home in Kingston upon Thames, England worth roughly $5 million, and another overseas business of his, Moonlight Estates Ltd., held a building in London. Representatives for Allawi verified that he is the sole director and shareholder of Foxwood Estates Limited, Moonlight Estates Limited and IMF Holdings Inc.," including that he ran many of his house purchases through confidential offshores due to an assassination attempt on him. " He survived an effort on his life in 1978, probably by Saddam Hussein.
A radio character who led the Progressive Celebration to triumph after the financial crisis of 2008, Gunnlaugsson and his rich wife owned a British Virgin Islands shell business called Wintris Inc., that held nearly $4 million in bonds in Iceland's three significant banks. He cannot proclaim his ownership of Wintris on going into the Parliament in In March, a TELEVISION recruiter asked Gunnlaugsson if he had ever owned an offshore business. Myself? No," he said, having. Well, the Icelandic companies I have dealt with had connections with offshore companies." A spokesman told the ICIJ that Gunnlaugsson and his household had actually followed all Icelandic laws.
Through a series of British Virgin Islands shell companies, the Saudi king appears to have actually secured several luxury home mortgages for homes in London at least $34 million worth and held a high-end yacht the length of a football field." The king did not answer the ICIJ's demands for comment.
Referred to as Ukraine's billionaire chocoloate king," Poroshenko swept into workplace in 2014 swearing reforms that have actually not yet come. He became the sole shareholder of Prime Possession Partners Limited in 2014, as Russian troops attacked Eastern Ukraine. The following year, Poroshenko pledged to sell the majority of his assets; report stated they eventually ended up in Prime Possession Capital." His spokesperson informed the ICIJ said that development of the trust and relevant business structures had no relation to political and military occasions in Ukraine," including that his possessions held by a separately handled fund Prime Asset Capital.
Just son of former head Kofi Annan courted controversy in 1998, when a company of his won a huge agreement under the's Oil-for-Food humanitarian program in Iraq. A query eventually cleared dad and son of any corruption in the deal. Internal Mossack Fonseca files reveal Koji Annan has held several overseas shell business, using one to acquire a half-million-dollar apartment or condo in main London. A spokesman for Annan said his company was for typical, legal purposes of handling household and business matters and has been fully revealed in accordance with appropriate laws."
For several years, Sharif, a long time presence in Pakistani politics, has actually had to address questions about his family's riches from a network of companies that consist of paper, sugar and steel mills and substantial global home holdings," ICIJ states. Mossacks' files reveal a series of offshore companies run by Sharif's kids, Mariam, Hussein and Hasan, including one to hold a UK home each for usage by the household" and others that moved millions in possessions. Mossack Fonseca resigned from a company Hasan directed in 2007, calling him a politically exposed person." The Sharif household did not react to the ICIJ's requests for remark.
The billionaire brothers matured with Putin and have benefited richly from his turns as Russia's president and prime minister. The has actually approved their wealth over declared corruption, particularly allegations they benefited over contracts from the 2014 Sochi Olympics. They ran at least 7 British Virgin Islands shell companies associated with everything from investing in a significant pipeline construction business...to buying devices for the building of an Italian villa in Tuscany for Arkady's kid."
Commonly known as among the world's better cellists, Roldugin has actually been close to Putin since the 1970s, when the future president operated in the Soviet KGB. Documents show Roldugin owned three shell business, 2 of which were funded by a Russian organ that the federal government calls Russia's 'personal bank for senior officials.'" Through those companies, Roldugin appears to hold considerable shares of Kamaz, Russia's biggest truckmaker, and a major state media corporation.
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