[49] Although the subsidiary was effectively run by executives at Nike's main offices in Beaverton, Oregon – to the point where a duplicate of the Bermudian company's seal was needed – for tax purposes the subsidiary was treated as based in Bermuda. [60] Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was identified as a co-director of an offshore company with outgoing president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. 6.8 million . Die Kanzlei Appleby steht im Zentrum der Das sind die Paradise Papers Paradise Papers Das sind die Paradise Papers; ein Großteil der Daten, die der SZ zugespielt und von Hunderten Journalisten weltweit ausgewertet wurden, stammt aus dieser Kanzlei - rund 6,8 Millionen Dokumente. Oil firm uses tax haven 'shell' company. [140], Gavin St Pier, an elected Deputy of the tax haven Guernsey, stated that the "coverage was part of a well-orchestrated, ongoing campaign". As a result of the investigation, according to his lawyer, the filmmaker informed French tax authorities in the month preceding the release of the papers about his offshore holdings. This attracted the attention of EU regulators as many multinationals were doing the same thing. The Paradise Papers are more than 13 million leaked secret corporate files, about half of which belong to offshore law and corporate services provider Appleby. In January 2019 a Turkish court sentenced Ünker to thirteen months in jail for "defamation and insult", and separately fined the newspaper for "insult". [134], In the United Kingdom, the public reaction to the Paradise Papers has been relatively muted compared to similar leaks in the past, such as the Panama Papers. [38], In 2009, Glencore, an Anglo–Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company, loaned $45 million to Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler in exchange for his help with officials of the Democratic Republic of Congo in negotiations over a joint venture with state-owned Gécamines at the Katanga copper mine. Paradise Papers (2017 & 2018): the data in the Offshore Leaks database comes from the offshore law firm Appleby and a trove of data from seven corporate registries. [31], A great deal of the company's intangible property was exposed around the time of an internal Apple Inc. reorganization of three Irish subsidiaries. Sally Kosgei, member of parliament 2008–2013 and minister of agriculture 2010 to March 2013, owned a million-dollar flat near Harrods in London through an offshore she told Appleby was funded by her flower-export company.[61]. The Paradise Papers are a treasure trove of some 13.4 million leaked records from a Bermudan law firm, revealing how the world's wealthy people stash their money in … For example, in its bouquet of services, Appleby provides proxy directors for companies set up in tax havens. [99], After reporting began, Appleby sued The Guardian and the BBC on 18 December 2017 for breach of confidence as it sought copies of the documents. The Paradise Papers reveal damning details of Glencore’s business deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it owns two huge copper and cobalt mines. [128] Neither firm, the Cayman Islands–based Alto Global Fund, nor its Miami-based parent company Noctua Partners LLC, were listed in Caputo's financial disclosure statement, a statement that all public officials and candidates for office are required to make. Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia 3. Henrique de Campos Meirelles, the former Brazilian Minister of Finance, told Poder360 that he does not report income from his Sabedoria Foundation because it was set up to perform charitable functions after his death and therefore he receives no income from it. The mine is owned by Nantou Mining SA, which is owned by Merope Inc, a Bermuda shell company set up by Appleby with directors provided by the firm. 13 Millionen Dokumente enthalten Informationen zu den Steuervermeidungsstrategien mitunter Prominenter Personen und namhafter Unternehmen. [81], Mareva Grabowski is listed in the Paradise Papers. The Paradise Papers are a set of over 13.4 million confidential electronic documents relating to offshore investments that were leaked to the German reporters Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer, from the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. The company's 2015 gross domestic product showed a 26% increase, and close to $270 billion of intangible assets suddenly appeared in Ireland as the year began – more than the entire value of all residential property in Ireland. [129], According to the papers, Argentine hotelier and real estate developer Alan Faena was director and CEO of half a dozen companies in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands. ", "The 1 Percent – Offshore Trove Exposes Trump-Russia Links And Piggy Banks of the Wealthiest 1 Percent – A new leak of confidential records reveals the financial hideaways of iconic brands and power brokers across the political spectrum", "Paradise Papers: Your guide to four years of offshore revelations", "Another British Royal Found With Offshore Connections", "Paradise Papers: Queen's private estate invested £10m in offshore funds", "Paradise Papers: Tax haven secrets of ultra-rich exposed", "A Reddit user hinted at Paradise Papers 16 days before they leaked", "Panama Papers 2? This may indicate that Apple took advantage of a tax incentive known as a capital allowance, which gives Irish companies generous tax breaks for buying intangible property – essentially intellectual property like patents. [89], In Spain, the first political authority that appears is the former mayor of Barcelona Xavier Trias,[90] artist José María Cano and billionaire Daniel Maté. The Paradise Papers is a global investigation into the offshore activities of some of the world’s most powerful people and companies.. [58], The Supreme Court of Mauritius later froze 91 bank accounts associated with Bastos as part of an inquiry into his investments for the Angolan sovereign wealth fund, and suspended the licenses of seven investment companies linked to Bastos' Quantum Global.[59]. "[138] Jack Peat of The London Economic has suggested that much of the media has ignored the story of the Paradise Papers because those media organisations are owned by individuals implicated in the papers, such as Daily Telegraph owners David and Frederick Barclay, Daily Mail owner Jonathan Harmsworth, and The Sun and The Times owner Rupert Murdoch. She had pledged to divest from more than 200 firms when she was confirmed as President Barack Obama's commerce secretary in 2013, but records show that she transferred assets to a company owned by her children's trusts, which shared the same address as her office. Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms 2. Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan 2. [126], Economist Gabriel Zucman and his colleagues estimate that 63% of foreign profits made by American multinational corporations are stored in subsidiaries and offshore accounts, depriving the country of about $70 billion in tax revenue each year. [116] When reporters working on the Paradise Papers contacted Ross concerning his stake in Navigator Holdings, he did not deny the tie, but the day before his response became public he shorted the stock and apparently made a profit after the stock price dropped 4% after the story appeared. [150][151], Documents leak related to offshore investment, European Union Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, List of people and organizations named in the Paradise Papers, Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, "How a German Newspaper Became the Go-To Place for Leaks Like the Paradise Papers", "What are the 'Paradise Papers' and why should you care? Paradise Papers: Offshore-Kunden der Kanzlei Appleby geraten in Erklärungsnot. Neil Bush, brother of George W. Bush, was a director (deputy chairman) of the company. A subsidiary of the Kremlin-controlled Gazprom funded an investment company that partnered with DST Global to buy shares in Facebook, reaping millions when the social media giant went public in 2012. Agriculture Minister Blairo Borges Maggi is mentioned in the papers. [54][55], Saadi Yacef, freedom fighter, author, and politician, appears in the Papers in connection with a trust in the Cayman Islands, along with a former energy minister, the family of a former foreign minister and their South Pacific holdings. 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[49], Appleby managed 17 offshore companies for Odebrecht, a Brazilian conglomerate, and at least one of them was used as a vehicle for paying bribes in Operation Car Wash. [98] Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn posited whether the Queen should apologize, saying anyone with money offshore for tax avoidance should "not just apologise for it, [but] recognise what it does to our society". [75] The Bermuda-incorporated company, Hoifu Energy Group, is listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and appointed Hatoyama honorary chairman in 2013 because of his "amicable relationship" with the oil industry, a sector in which Hoifu planned to expand. : The leak is a trove of 13.4 million files taken mostly from the offshore law firm Appleby", "Union Minister Jayant Sinha's Response To Paradise Papers Reveal", "Paradise Papers: Security firm of BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ravindra Kishore Sinha linked to two offshore entities", "Manipal Fraud Case: Supreme Court Grants Bail To Former Employee Sandeep Gururaj", "The Indian superstars of tax haven leaks: Amitabh Bachchan and Vijay Mallya", "Tax office to follow up 'Paradise Papers' data on Indonesian taxpayers", "Perusahaan Prabowo dan Sandiaga tersangkut Paradise Papers - Tempo", Paradise Papers: ICIJ releases another database revealing offshore companies, "Arrest warrant for Kazakh billionaire accused of one of world's biggest frauds", "Paradise Papers: ICIJ names Pakistanis Shaukat Aziz and Ayaz Khan Niazi", "Paradise Papers: Η εμφάνιση του ονόματος της Μαρέβα Γκραμπόφσκι- Μητσοτάκη και οι απαντήσεις της", "Οι 2.594 Έλληνες στη νέα λίστα των Paradise Papers - Avgi.gr", "Οι Έλληνες των Paradise Papers - Αναλυτική λίστα - Avgi.gr", Paradise Papers: Queen and Bono kept money in offshore funds, leaked files reveal, "Bono responds after being named in the Paradise Papers", Paradise Papers | Power players with interests in Malta companies, PWC und der serbische Minister von Küsnacht, "Trias participated as a beneficiary in an offshore trust of the RBS Coutts bank in Switzerland", "The Spaniards of the 'Papers of Paradise': Xavier Trias, José María Cano and Daniel Maté", "The former president of Telefónica Juan Villalonga administered two companies in tax havens", "Angola Sovereign Wealth Fund Denies Claims Investments Illegal", Four Things The Paradise Papers Tells Us About Malta, "Paradise Belgeleri: Zenginler ve siyasetçilerin off-shore sırları", "Turkish journalist spared jail for Paradise Papers investigation", "Prince Charles's estate made big profit on stake in friend's offshore firm", "Revealed: Queen's private estate invested millions of pounds offshore", "Paradise Papers: Queen should apologise, suggests Corbyn", "Theresa May 'frustrated' at refusal of BBC and Guardian to hand over Paradise Papers evidence", "Paradise Papers: Prince Charles lobbied on climate policy after shares purchase", "James Sassoon to act as president of financial action task force", "James Meyer Sassoon – ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database", "Offshore Gurus Help Rich Avoid Taxes on Jets and Yachts: Buying a $27-million private jet or plush mega-yacht means millions in sales taxes—unless you know the right pro", "BBC settles Paradise Papers legal action", "Paradise Papers Reveal Poroshenko's Attempt to Avoid Ukrainian Taxes", "Paradise Papers: Ukraine crime gang hid proceeds in luxury London flats", "The Paradise Papers: Haaretz Reveals Some of the Israeli Businessmen and Firms Registered in Offshore Tax Havens", "Huge offshore data leak reveals financial secrets of global elites—from the Queen to former PMs", "Justin Trudeau's Chief Fundraiser Linked To Offshore Tax Maneuvers: Long-standing offshore ties of the Liberal Party moneyman and his famous family provide jarring contrast to Canadian prime minister's campaign for tax fairness", Mexicanos involucrados en Paradise Papers, "Commerce Secretary's Offshore Ties to Putin 'Cronies, "Ross shorted Russian-linked shipping company ahead of Paradise Papers", "Offshore Trove Exposes Trump-Russia Links And Piggy Banks of the Wealthiest 1 Percent", Kremlin-owned Firms Linked to Major Investments in Twitter and Facebook, "Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate", Trump’s cabinet members amongst those named in Paradise Papers, "Big U.S. The case was later settled. ", "Bill Jamieson: is it so bad to avoid tax within the law? Paradise-Papers-Fälle mit Österreichbezug. An ICIJ Investigation Paradise Papers: Secrets of the Global Elite. The Paradise Papers are a set of over 13.4 million confidential electronic documents relating to offshore investments that were leaked to the German reporters Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer,[1][2] from the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. [110], Dan Gertler, Israeli billionaire businessman in natural resources and the founder and President of the DGI (Dan Gertler International) Group of Companies appears in 120 documents regarding his relationship with Glencore.[110]. Gertler and Glencore each have denied wrongdoing. The sons, both doing maritime business, officially set up two companies in Malta, to avoid high Turkish tax rates. This is a list of people and organisations named in the Paradise Papers as connected to offshore companies. Avec les Paradise papers, «on est dans quelque chose de plus raffiné, de plus distingué, de plus élaboré, on est sur des schémas légaux». Germán Efromovich, founder of Synergy Group, is linked to an offshore conglomerate used for the aerocommercial holding business with ramifications in Bermuda, Panama, and Cyprus. Unternehmen aus Österreich, die in den Paradise-Papers-Akten auftauchen. [111] One of the trusts, the Valentine 1997 Trust, was valued at more than $40 million in 2015, and its income is to be paid to the queen during her lifetime. Voici une carte des paradis fiscaux européens, réalisée sur trois critères : en rouge figurent les pays et territoires figurant dans le top 15 des "pires paradis fiscaux pour les entreprises" épinglés par Oxfam dans son rapport de décembre 2016. [6] Among those whose financial affairs are mentioned are, separately, AIG,[7] Prince Charles[8] and Queen Elizabeth II,[9] President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.[10]. Find out who’s behind almost 500,000 offshore companies, foundations and trusts from the Panama Papers, the Offshore Leaks and the Bahamas Leaks investigations, and explore the offshore financial data from some politicians featured in the Paradise Papers investigation. In all, there are 714 Indians in the tally, including noted political leaders[67] like Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha,[68][69][70] notable names like actor Amitabh Bachchan (a shareholder in a Bermuda-based digital media company), Dr Ranjan Pai of Manipal Group,[71] former Member of Parliament of the Rajya Sabha Vijay Mallya. [44], A separate ICIJ project found that tax auditors in Burkina Faso accused a Glencore subsidiary of deducting from its taxes "fictitious" payments to other Glencore subsidiaries, and of selling the zinc from its mine (to another Glencore company) in unrefined form to minimize its revenue. He sued when Yemen ended the joint venture and turned over operations to a Yemeni company, and lost. [109], Jonathan Kolber, former CEO of Koor Industries and the beneficiary of the Kolber Trust and son of former Canadian senator Leo Kolber, who set the fund up in 1991, is named. [112], Three former Canadian Prime Ministers are named in the Paradise Papers: Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, and Brian Mulroney. Cumhuriyet reported that one of the companies shared an address with a company that won a $7 million government contract. [136] A statement on behalf of Queen Elizabeth confirmed that the Royal Estate paid full UK tax on her offshore investments. [49] Under an arrangement with Dutch authorities, the tax break was to expire in 2014, so another reorganization transferred the intellectual property from the Bermudian company to a Dutch commanditaire vennootschap or limited partnership, Nike Innovate CV. With three other subsidiaries based in the UK, United Spirits was allegedly involved with diverting funds amounting to $1.5 billion. Is on Taxes", "Paradise Papers salpicó al Gobierno de Macri: el ministro Luis Caputo manejó inversiones en Islas Caimán", "Aranguren: su paso por una offshore de Shell a la que el Estado le compró gasoil por US$150 M", "Alan Faena, otro argentino en Paradise Papers", "Zen-Noh Grain partners with Amaggi, Louis Dreyfus in joint venture", "Alsacia Express: Los secretos en Islas Bermudas del mayor operador del Transantiago", Juan Manuel Santos, el yerno de Trump y la reina Isabel II, implicados en los Paradise Papers, "La chanteuse Shakira place des millions d'euros de droits d'auteur à Malte", "Why aren't the streets full of protest about the Paradise Papers? This transfer allowed the subsidiary to charge royalties to its European headquarters in Hilversum, Netherlands, effectively converting taxable company profits to an account payable in tax-free Bermuda. Faena also appears with bank accounts in Luxembourg and the Isle of Man, linked to different hotels and real estate projects in Puerto Madero. Liste des personnes citées dans les Paradise Papers. Hinter dem Begriff Paradise Papers verbirgt sich grob gesagt ein Datenleck. [125], The late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein also figures in the Paradise Papers, as chairman from at least 2000 to 2007 of a Bermudan-registered company, Liquid Funding, Ltd., partially owned by Bear Stearns. The EU, under the leadership of Jean-Claude Juncker, threatened to sue Ireland over its tax deals, although Juncker himself had approved similar tax deals in his own country, Luxembourg. Es geht um Korruption, Geldwäsche, Steuerhinterziehung. Paradise Papers list: The highest profile individuals named in the leaked documents so far. He was also CEO of World Economic Forum from 2000 to 2004, and resigned as a result of allegations he called "unfounded" about $900,000 in consulting fees from a French telecommunications firm. [39][40], One of the Katanga board members was Glencore major shareholder Telis Mistakidis, a former employee whose stock options made him a billionaire in the IPO. Appleby had worked for Glencore and its founder Marc Rich on major projects in the past, even after his indictment in 1983. The Directorate General of Taxes released a statement that they will follow up the information provided on Indonesian taxpayers. Those entities were also implicated in money laundering and tax evasion accusations, explicitly mentioned in the Paradise Papers. This allowed journalists across the globe to undertake collaborative investigative work. [133], The singer Shakira, while living in Barcelona, is a resident of the Bahamas and sends her authors' rights revenue to Malta. Queen Noor of Jordan is listed in the papers as the beneficiary of two trusts registered in Jersey. Britain's youngest billionaire's name appears in the Paradise Papers in relation to two offshore trusts set up by the Grosvenor estate in the 1960s and 1970s, long before his birth. The company added: "Our systems were accessed by an intruder who deployed the tactics of a professional hacker". Attorney General of Mexico and formerly National Security Secretary, denied all knowledge of the company, of which he was vice-president, and which was started by his brother, its president. Subcommittee of MPs to investigate facilitation of avoidance, in wake of Panama and Paradise Papers Published: 27 Mar 2018 . The company was bought in 2001 by Enel SpA, an Italian power company, for $73 million, plus $37 million in debt cancellation. Figueres resigned from the board that year, at the annual EF meeting in Davos. [41][42] Rich was indicted in the United States on federal charges of tax evasion and making controversial oil deals with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis. Mrs Brown's Boys stars 'put £2m offshore' Invest NI company in Paradise Papers. Aziz dismissed both the murder charge and the allegations of financial impropriety. Following a 2013 US Senate investigation, which featured testimony by CEO Tim Cook, Ireland announced that henceforth Irish companies would be required to declare tax residency somewhere in the world. The prison sentence was overturned on appeal due to a statute of limitations, although the fine was allowed to stand. Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada 3. The trust also owns property in southern England adjacent to Buckhurst Park, Sussex. Glencore sold Merope in April 2017 but before that it was 100% owned by Glencore Finance (Bermuda) Ltd, which was, according to a document from the Paradise Papers leaks, 100% owned by Glencore Group Funding Ltd of the United Arab Emirates, an entity in turn 100% owned by Swiss firm Glencore International AG, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore plc, registered in Jersey. Companies, named Hawke Bay Marine Co. Ltd.(founded in 2004) and Black Eagle Marine Co. Ltd.(founded in 2007) are seen as "active" in the available detailed data. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists stated in their politicians database, as a disclaimer, "There are legitimate uses for offshore companies and trusts. The US government sanctioned VTB in 2014 because of the Russian military intervention in Crimea, but DST Global had by then sold its stake in Twitter. Prominent Democratic donors also appear in the law firm's files. Die Paradise Papers [ˈpəɹə.daɪs ˈpeɪpəʳz] (deutsch Paradies-Papiere) sind ein Konvolut von ursprünglich vertraulichen Unterlagen der Anwaltskanzlei Appleby und des kleineren Treuhandunternehmens Asiaciti Trust, die 2016 der Süddeutschen Zeitung zugespielt wurden. [51] Among those involved in the operation who also are named in the papers are Marcelo Odebrecht, Brazilian businessman and former Odebrecht' CEO, his father Emílio Odebrecht and his brother Maurício Odebrecht. The other trust, the Brown Discretionary Settlement, is the beneficial owner of a Jersey-incorporated investment holding company with assets worth c. $18.7 million in 2015. Both are British Overseas Territories of which she is monarch, and nominally appoints governors. He is listed as a director for Novia Management, a Maltese company listed as a shareholder in Novia Funds Sicav Plc, also Malta-based, which includes among its other shareholders Tal Silberstein [de], who was arrested in 2017 with Beny Steinmetz on charges of money laundering, then released. Cet article recense les ... L'affaire a été révélée dans les Paradise Papers qui contenaient des documents concernant un différend juridique entre l'ancien avocat du défunt président Ismail Ayob et … [16] Süddeutsche Zeitung journalists contacted the ICIJ, which has been investigating the documents with 100 media partners. [57] In a 20-month period he was paid over $41 million in management fees, and invested much of the money in his own projects. [105], The BBC also noted questions about investments by Conservative Party donor Michael Ashcroft and Farhad Moshiri, owner of Everton Football Club. Some of the details were made public on 5 November 2017 and stories are still being released. [127], Argentine Finance Minister Luis Caputo managed at least two offshore wealth funds. She is the wife of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who later became Prime Minister of Greece. [114] The offshore maneuvers may have avoided taxes in Canada, the United States and Israel, according to experts who reviewed some of the 3,000-plus files detailing the trust's activities. A major global collaboration reveals secrets from one of the world’s most prestigious offshore law firms, a specialized trust company and 19 company registries in secrecy jurisdictions. Glencore, which had effectively taken over Katanga, agreed to vote for the joint venture. [96], The papers show that the Duchy of Lancaster, a private estate of Queen Elizabeth II, held investments in two offshore financial centres, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. HP, Nike, Microsoft and others use the same tax arrangements in Ireland, Luxembourg and other countries,[citation needed] but Apple is frequently cited as a media example. [37], A Kremlin-owned firm, VTB Bank, put $191 million into DST Global, an investment firm part of Mail.ru Group and was founded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, which used it to buy a large share of Twitter in 2011. The Paradise Papers is a leak of 13.4 million financial documents from an offshore law firm, as well as corporate service providers and business registries. Silberstein had served as Gusenbauer's campaign advisor. [47] The Australian High Court recently held that documents revealed in the Paradise Papers leak could be used by the Australian Taxation Office to assess Glencore's tax obligations, despite legal privilege. Britain handles foreign policy for both islands to a large extent, but Bermuda has been self-governing since 1620. [78] The embezzlement is one of the largest cases of financial fraud in history. [72], Two children of deceased former president and dictator Suharto, Tommy and Mamiek, in addition to opposition party leader Prabowo Subianto (Suharto's former son-in-law) and businessman-turned-opposition politician Sandiaga Uno, are listed in the papers. «Les Panama papers étaient le scandale de l’illégalité», a souligné Pascal Saint-Amans, directeur du Centre de politique et d’administration fiscales de l’OCDE, interrogé sur France Inter.