Echo "Panamage"

In May in England, a conference on the fight against corruption will be held. At first, this news did not cause resonance - so far London himself has opposed the creation of a pan -European register of transparency of the trusts, which would help to monitor the movement of funds. The publication of the Panama Dossier sharply changed the mood: now from Prime Minister Cameron, who also did not bypass the scandal, are waiting for specific measures. In total, the defendants of the investigation were 140 world celebrities, including more than 30 former and current heads of state. Who specifically came across and what was the subsequent reaction - in the review The New Times

Journalists of the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung Frederick Obermeier (left) and Bastian Obermeier. They were the first to receive the Mossack Fonseca files, which were then transferred to ICIJ and OCCRP , Munich, April 7, 2016

Azerbaijan

Who: Leila and Arza Aliyev, daughter of President Ilham Aliyev.

What was discovered: in 2006, Ilham Aliyev transferred the Office of six gold deposits of one British - Globex International LLP and three offshore companies - Londex Resources SA, Willy & Meyris Sa and Fargate Mining Corporation. After that, all four firms united in a consortium called the Azerbaijan International Mineral Resource Company (AIMROC). According to the documents, the consortium took place as a British-Panamanian-Japanese enterprise, but as investigators from ICIJ believe, the companies company can be considered fake, and the Japanese company is simply a project controller and has no property rights. According to the documents of Mossack Fonseca, Arzu and Leila Aliyeva control Londex Resourses SA, which in the consortium owns a share of 45%. In turn, Fargate Mining Corporation is controlled by the acquaintances of Aliyev Nasib Khasanov. In total, this allows the president’s family to receive up to 70% of the profit from gold mining.

How they reacted: spokeswoman for the head of Azerbaijan Azer Gasimov told the BBC that the president’s children are “adult citizens of the country who can have their own business.”

NT commentary: Independent analysts are sure that the investigation will not receive a wide resonance in the country - the authorities managed to completely switch the attention of the population to the situation in Nagorno -Karabakh.

United Kingdom

Who: the family of Prime Minister David Cameron, as well as six members of the House of Lords.

What was found: Ian Cameron, the late father of the head of the British government, used the services of Mossack Fonseca for about 30 years to avoid taxation in his homeland. The offshore company Blairmore Holdings with assets of £ 35 million is also operating - the board of directors, one of the members of which he himself, transferred a business from an offshore to Ireland a year before David Cameron was nominated for a premiere.

Ian Cameron translated a business from offshores to Ireland a year before his son was nominated for the post of prime minister, who had 5 thousand shares of Blairmore Holdings

As they owed: the first reaction of Prime Minister Cameron was brief: he called the offshore business the "personal business" of the late father. Then the prime minister was forced to explain: his family does not receive any income from offshore funds, and he himself does not have any shares. And on April 7, Cameron admitted that he had 5 thousand shares of Blairmore Holdings worth about £ 30 thousand, but he sold them in January 2010.

The country has initiated an investigation on the published materials.

Iceland

Who: Prime Minister Sigmundyur Gunnlegson and his wife Anna Paulsdottir.

What was discovered: back in 2007, Gunnlegsson, who took the premier post in 2013 under the slogan of the fight against corruption, acquired Wintris on the British Virgin Islands. Subsequently, WinTris became one of the creditors of the three largest Icelandic banks, which were bankrupt in 2008, whose total debt exceeded 10 times the GDP of Iceland. The companion of the purchase of Wintris was the wife of Gunnlegsson, to whom he lost 50% in the offshore family business for only $ 1. At the same time, the prime minister never mentioned anywhere either his involvement in offshore schemes, or of indirect participation in the scandal associated with bankruptcy of banks.

How they reacted: over twenty thousand citizens of the three hundred thousands of Iceland reached the streets on April 5 demanding the resignation of the prime minister. Under the pressure of the public, Gunnlegsson first denied his guilt, then called for the dissolution of the parliament and new elections, but in the end he was forced to resign.

PRC

Who: eight current or former members of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (PC of the CPC Central Committee), their business partners and relatives, including: the husband of the older sister of the current leader of China Xi Jinping (in the drawing), the daughter of former Prime Minister Lee Pan (in the picture), a granddaughter, a granddaughter. Former member of the PC of the Central Committee of the CPC Jia Tsinlin - Lee Jasmine, relatives of the current members of the PC of the Central Committee of the CCP - Zhang Gaoli and Liu Yunhan. Also among the defendants are several business partners of his wife in 2012 in the disgrace of the head of the city of Chunzin Bo Silaya, who was serving his term on charges of corruption.

What was found: storage of large monetary amounts on offshore accounts in Panama. In addition, Dan Jiagui in September 2009 became a shareholder of two offshore companies registered on the British Virgin Islands-the Best Effect Enterprises Ltd and Wealth Ming International Limited. For what purpose - it remains unclear. Dan Dzyaguy at the time of the opening of offshore accounts did not hold official posts, just like the daughter of Lee Pan - she was a member of the NPKSK, the Public Chamber, where businessmen can also sit well.

Also, according to the revelations of ICIJ, the most important haven of intermediaries who are ready to help everyone to quickly and effectively hide the money is Hong Kong - 2212 out of 14 thousand suppliers of offshore services are based here.

How they reacted: on April 8, the PRC Foreign Ministry announced the intention of the country's authorities to conduct an investigation into Panama documents. By that time on the Internet, the majority of sites related to the topic of “Panamanian documents” and search queries were blocked. On April 4, the instructions of the Chinese Cyberspace Administration, which are responsible for censorship: “All websites: please monitor the content and delete everything related to the“ Panamanian documents ”leakage, including news in microblogs, WeChat (something average between traditional social networks and a news aggregator.-NT), on forums, pages, on forums, pages. communities in other interactive media. Remove the content on mobile resources in parallel with this. ” The next morning on April 4, the combinations “offshore+finance”, “Panama+offshore”, as well as any combinations, “Panama” with the names of the defendants of investigations were already blocked on the territory of continental China. All posts on this topic on the local social network Weibo (analogue of Twitter) were removed. “Please stop posting links to the story with Panamanian offshores,” wrote user Laoloodobo in Weibo, “if a big brother is angry, he can even close Weibo.” Later this message also came under censorship.

Comment NT: “Panama files” surfaced during the period of the largest anti -corruption campaign in the last decades, deployed by Xi Jinping. One of its main elements is the capture of the corruption officials who had taken refuge abroad and the return of the funds taken by them. In 2015, according to the report of the Central Commission for checking the discipline responsible for the anti -corruption campaign, the country managed to return $ 461 million and 1023 of the escaped corrupt official. Despite the fact that Panama documents say only about the connection with the offshores of friends and relatives of the PRC political leadership, and not themselves, materials can arouse suspicions of double standards in the fight against tax evasion.

Ukraine

Who: President Petro Poroshenko.

What was discovered: in August 2014, Poroshenko registered Prime Asset Parthers Limited on the British Virgin Islands, which became the owner of another company - CEE Confmentation Investments LTD, registered in the September of the same year in Cyprus. And already to this Cyprus company has passed control over Roshen Europe BV, registered in December 2014 in the Netherlands. Thus, Poroshenko, firstly, opened a new company after he became president of the country in June 2014, and secondly, he did not report this fact in his declarations for 2014 and 2015.

How they reacted: on April 5, Poroshenko flew to Japan by writing on his Facebook page: “I am the first official in Ukraine, which is seriously referring to my property, pay taxes and the problem of conflict of interests that I solve on the basis of Ukrainian legislation and international private law. Having become the president, I moved away from the asset management, entrusting this to consulting and legal companies. I hope they will give comprehensive explanations of the Ukrainian and international press. ” And on April 7, a statement by Rothschild Trust appeared, which Poroshenko appointed a trustee (Blind Trust) to manage his shares in the confectionery corporation Roshen: “As a result of 12-month preparation, the corresponding conference management agreement was concluded on January 14, 2016 ... The agreement was drawn up in accordance with international transmission standards politicians of assets in the trust during public service. "

Offshore company Poroshenko’s lawyers registered on those days when parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine got into the Ilovay boiler

Comment NT: According to the Constitution of Ukraine, the president cannot engage in any entrepreneurial activity. However, the main law does not say anything whether the ban extends to the restructuring of assets. During the election campaign, Petro Poroshenko promised to get rid of all assets, including the largest Roshen confectionery company in the country. According to a number of experts, offshore restructuring was dictated by the need to fulfill these promises.

The fact that the lawyers Poroshenko registered the offshore company registered a special piquancy of the situation on August 21 - in those days in the east of Ukraine, units of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces were in the Ilovay boiler. On September 1, 2014, Poroshenko announced that Russia "committed undisguised aggression against Ukraine." On that day, as follows from the documents, he presented the Mossack Fonseca receipt to pay utility bills as confirmation of his home address.

Saudi Arabia

Who: King Salman ibn Abdul-Aziz Al Saud.

What was found: the monarch was involved in the activities of two offshore corporations - Verse Development Corporation and Inrow Corporation, credit lines for the acquisition of property through these companies are connected with his name. We are talking about luxurious mansions in the center of London, belonging to the Salman family.

How they reacted: the king did not want to clarify his role in the purchase of real estate - he went on a visit to Egypt.

NT commentary: the United Arab Emirates (the UAE), whose president is Sheikh, Caliph Al Nahayan, with the help of Mossack Fonseca, founded at least 30 companies in the British Virgin Islands. The family of this sheikh, hiding their capital in offshores, is considered one of the richest in the world and owns, according to Forbes, a state of $ 150 billion.

Switzerland

Who : Gianni Infantino, the new president of FIFA.

What was discovered: Infantino, who in the mid-2000s was the head of the UEFA legal service, could be involved in the conclusion of suspicious contracts on the sale of rights to television broadcasts in South America.

How they reacted: the prosecutor's office of Switzerland authorized on April 6 a search at the headquarters of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in Nyon. The accusations have not yet been charged to anyone. Infantino denies guilt and expresses full readiness to cooperate with the investigation. Meanwhile, another person involved in the Panama Dossier, a member of the FIFA independent commission on ethics Uruguayan Juan Pedro Damiani, resigned from his post.

NT commentary: Foreign banks operating in the territory of Switzerland, including the Russian Gazprombank (Gazprombank Switzerland), will now be subjected to more thorough monitoring in terms of opening accounts and the movement of funds, the chief editor of the Tags Anzeiger newspaper Arthur Ratishauser in a conversation with NT. He did not exclude that Russian banks will be under the scope of the EU economic sanctions against Russia, many of which were supported by Switzerland.

 *In the preparation of the review,*Movsun Gadzhiev, Mikhail Korostikov (*Kommersant " - especially for*** nt **), Olga Marchich, Larisa Saenko, Anastasia Stankko ("*Gromadska TV, Kyiv - specially for *** nt **). 

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