Remove world panama-papers
article thumbnail

Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

In 2016 when the Panama Papers exposed an international network of offshore entities involved in tax evasion, fraud, and sanction evasion, some of which included real estate holdings, regulations began to change. In the GTO, FinCEN began requiring U.S.

El Paso 195
article thumbnail

Credit Suisse has allowed the morally bankrupt to steal from the poor for too long | Joseph Stiglitz

TheGuardian

Joseph E Stiglitz is a Nobel laureate in economics The bombshell revelations of the Suisse secrets , reported by the Guardian and a number of international outlets, are a continuation of the path-breaking work of the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers. In one sense, it’s the same old story over and over again.

Report 76
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Can Finance Learn From Data-Driven Journalism?

Bobsguide

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’s Panama Papers investigation has been hailed as the world’s biggest-ever financial leak. I discuss the unique technology that has helped make it possible and what the financial sector can learn from the episode. Through the.

Data 79
article thumbnail

The Guardian view on Credit Suisse: In search of a moral compass | Editorial

TheGuardian

Another massive data leak has revealed a lack of due diligence by one of the world’s largest private banks Since 2016, successive data leaks have exposed the methods by which some of the world’s most powerful companies and individuals secrete eye-watering sums of money off-shore, beyond the reach of tax authorities and governments.

Taxes 65
article thumbnail

Why shell companies are so risky (and hard to spot)

Insights on Business

In addition to beneficial ownership – as we’ve seen in the Panama and Paradise Papers , as well as the Troika Laundromat – complex shell arrangements are often used to mask flows of money to expressly confuse or obfuscate the source and beneficiary. Those completely legal benefits don’t stop at legitimate organizations.

Company 103
article thumbnail

Why shell companies are so risky (and hard to spot)

Insights on Business

In addition to beneficial ownership – as we’ve seen in the Panama and Paradise Papers , as well as the Troika Laundromat – complex shell arrangements are often used to mask flows of money to expressly confuse or obfuscate the source and beneficiary. Those completely legal benefits don’t stop at legitimate organizations.

Company 91
article thumbnail

The Paradise Papers – the Secret Is UBO

FICO

The latest example is the singer of an Irish rock band who has been listed in the Paradise Papers leak that exposes high-profile people, including monarchs, to charges of tax evasion. The Offshore Leaks in 2013 were the beginning, followed by the Swiss Leaks, the Bahamas Leaks or the Panama Papers in 2015/2016.

Taxes 49