4 April 2016, 18:39 | Panama | offshore | drain | scandal | corruption | media | investigation
K “Panamanian files” treated more seriously in the West than in Russia.
The central theme of most of the world media on Monday was the report of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ), based on the unprecedented leak of millions of documents from the database a large Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, who helped senior politicians and celebrities from dozens of countries to hide their revenues from offshore tax accounts.
As it turns out, it really is a leak huge archive of data on customer transactions Panamanian company, one of the founders of which turned out to be a descendant of the alleged Nazi Germany, emigrated after the war in Latin America. Affect the interests of a few dozen former and current heads of state, famous athletes and functionaries of international organizations.
Corruption – is ” honor “: why steal in Russia
According to investigative journalists themselves, first package of documents more than two terabytes were transferred unidentified “donors” German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung. And then have them do the journalists from around the world, including several Russians. Investigators trying to keep the matter secret, working on documents over a year and finally decided to publish the “bomb».
Perhaps, in any corner of the world there was no town, no matter where he lived any partner or customer Mossack Fonseca, whose owners are now outraged, claiming that their rights have been violated customer privacy.
The problem, however, in the personalities of these customers. For example, the first victims of the scandal may be the Prime Minister of Iceland sigmundur davíð gunnlaugsson whose intend to seek the resignation of members of parliament of the country.
In the published data of the investigation are also mentioned the family members of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the presidents of Azerbaijan and Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Ilham Aliyev, and even the late father of the current Prime Minister David Cameron. Is there a football player Lionel Messi, and football functionary, the head of UEFA, Michel Platini, as well as several actors including Jackie Chan (about which, however, investigators immediately noted that his offshore activity does not go beyond the law).
Blackmail as an antidote to Court
Another person involved in “Panamanian list” – Argentine President Mauricio Macri. According to local media, it is unlikely, in contrast to the Icelandic colleagues, will begin service troubles.
In our country, to deny the existence of offshore operations on the part of his wife Tatiana Navka already had the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov. At the same time Vladimir Putin’s name directly in the document did not mention, however, not only to journalists, but also according to Dmitry Peskov, that he is one of the targets of this “information attack”, as named in the Kremlin publication “Panamanian dossier».
“I understand that there are specified and appear other names, other heads of states, governments, different athletes, and so on. Still, it is clear that the point of the attack is directed, first of all, against our country and against personally President Putin, “- said Peskov, according to which, all this is done in order to” destabilize the situation in Russia »
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Every corrupt – in the bag head
Moscow rejects all hints on Putin’s part, or someone from his entourage in laundering operations through funds or other Panamanian offshore, as well as evidence of illegal financial activity by Russian officials, among which are mentioned several MPs and even members of the government. According to Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin believe that the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism in fact, is mainly composed of “representatives of the former and the State Department, the CIA and other intelligence agencies».
Law enforcement agencies of many other countries reacted to the “Panamanian dossier” more seriously. In Panama itself has launched an investigation, and even rumors about the imminent resignation of the president. Inevitably, as a close study of the offshore activities of several Cypriot banks. The investigation started and the Netherlands, which in recent years has been considered one of the most convenient countries for the registration of legal entities, non-offshore in the full sense of the word, but are actively working with offshore companies. There are reports that the test will begin in China, famous for severe punishments for economic crimes.
Based on this most European publications analyzing the “Panamanian files” predict that the consequences of this data leakage will be felt the world economy and even politics for at least another few years.
Ivan Preobrazhensky
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