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Panama Papers

Panama Papers
The Panama Papers are a trove of 11.5 million documents leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca in April 2016, revealing the secret financial dealings of the world's rich and powerful. Forty years of emails and financial records showed how politicians, tycoons and celebrities stashed their cash in anonymous offshore bank accounts in one of the biggest leaks of insider information in history.
Hu Dehua is one of the few princelings to have openly spoken out about what he viewed as a lack of progress towards democracy and the rule of law in China. Photo: Simon Song
China’s Communist Party

Hu Dehua, son of former liberal Chinese leader Hu Yaobang, dies at 76

The younger Hu is remembered as an outspoken proponent of political reform and press freedom – rare among China’s princelings.

Americas and the Caribbean

Ramon Fonseca, partner in firm at centre of Panama Papers scandal, dies

Crime

Panama Papers trial starts, 27 charged in global money-laundering case

Malaysia

‘Impossible endeavour’: Mahathir’s sons seek patience to find assets in graft probe

Mirzan and Mokhzani said they are compiling all relevant documents, but asked Malaysia’s anti-graft body for patience as they try to collate 43 years’ worth of information.

Mirzan Mahathir has been told to declare his assets to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. Photo: SCMPOST
Malaysia

Anwar’s purge? Malaysia’s corruption crackdown has PM’s rivals in its sights

Mahathir Mohamad and Daim Zainuddin are among the old adversaries to be swept up in a wide-ranging anti-graft probe. Anwar denies he’s had a hand in it. Still, at least one observer says it’s a ‘smart move’.

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Malaysia

Malaysia’s new king sounds early warning to lawmakers: ‘I’m with the people’

The outspoken Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar takes the throne at a time the monarch faces heightened public expectations to broker political stability.

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Malaysia

Malaysia’s Mahathir slams Anwar over corruption probe against son Mirzan

The probe against Mirzan Mahathir concerns the sale of stakes in some government-linked corporations.

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Two-time former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaking at a rally in Kuala Lumpur on November 15, 2022. Photo: AP
Malaysia

Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency orders ex-PM Mahathir’s son to declare assets

Mirzan Mahathir, 66, has 30 days to declare his domestic and overseas assets, as part of the agency’s investigation into revelations from the Panama Papers.

Pakistan

Ousting of Imran Khan sets Pakistan on uncertain political path

Following a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Sunday, tens of thousands of Khan supporters marched in cities across Pakistan, waving large party flags and vowing support

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Pakistan

Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan ousted in a no-confidence vote

The combined opposition that spans the political spectrum will form the new government, with the head of one of the largest parties, the Pakistani Muslim League, taking over as prime minister.

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Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan. Photo: Iranian Presidency /DPA
Leung Chun-ying (CY Leung)

Hong Kong declaration system ‘robust’, Lam says after Pandora Papers leak

Interests that must be registered are clearly spelled out and filings are available to the public, Carrie Lam says when asked about media allegations against Leung Chun-ying.

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has defended the strength of the city’s disclosure requirements for senior public officials. Photo: Nora Tam
Millionaires and billionaires

Pandora Papers: rich and powerful scramble to deny wrongdoing

World leaders on the defensive after the release of millions of documents detailing how heads of state use offshore tax havens to stash assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Millionaires and billionaires

Explainer | The biggest revelations from the Pandora Papers leak

Unprecedented leak of financial records has revealed the offshore financial assets of dozens of current and former world leaders and hundreds of politicians from Asia and the Middle East to Latin America.

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Malta responsible for Panama Papers journalist’s murder, inquiry finds

Daphne Caruana Galizia, who exposed cronyism and sleaze within the country’s elite, was killed by a car bomb in 2017, sparking international outrage.

Flowers and tributes lie at the foot of the Great Siege monument in Valletta, which was turned into a temporary shrine for Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia after she was killed by a car bomb in October 2017. Photo: AFP
Africa

Leak reveals Hong Kong company’s Cameroon cannabis pipe dream

Trade Park Corporation appears to have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, but questions remain over where the money went, according to an investigation the Post did with NBC News and one of the teams behind the Panama Papers exposé.

One leaked document described cannabidiol (CBD) oil exports as ‘currently more valuable than gold’. Photo: Reuters
The Philippines

Casino kidnappers will be caught ‘dead or alive’, Duterte warns

Philippine president says foreign bandits holding indebted overseas gamblers for ransom will be arrested and killed.

European Union

European Parliament backs rules to protect whistle-blowers

Parliament backs rules to boost the fight against fraud, corruption, corporate tax avoidance and damage to people’s health and the environment.

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Macroscope

Corporate tax secrecy must end – even investment funds agree

Falling tax revenues mean less money for education, infrastructure and poverty reduction. The lack of tax transparency at multinationals and their tax avoidance strategies are threatening democracy. They must be made more accountable.

Tech giant Apple has found a tax haven in the island of Jersey, according to the Paradise Papers. Photo: AP
Germany

German police raid Deutsche Bank in ‘Panama Papers’ probe

Prosecutors allege Germany’s biggest lender helped clients set up offshore companies in tax havens.

Bitcoin

Malta is wooing the blockchain industry with sun, sand and low taxes

Pakistan

Former Pakistani PM Sharif sentenced to 10 years’ jail for corruption

Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: AFP
Japan

Thailand and Hong Kong link to passport mystery and fishy dating websites

Leaked files show passports of at least four Japanese nationals were used for identification when the offshore companies were established. File photo: Shutterstock
Books and literature

Book review: Secrecy World – story of Panama Papers investigation

Author Jake Bernstein focuses on the stories of those who broke the law, evaded taxes, circumvented international sanctions, hid assets, cheated partners, or ‘normalised’ fortunes made through crime and corruption

Macau

Macau denies it is tax haven after being put on EU blacklist

Malta arrests 10 suspects in probe into journalist’s assassination

Blogger Caruana Galizia had made repeated and detailed corruption allegations against government figures

‘Paradise Papers’ leak reveals secrets of world elite's hidden wealth

Media reports state that a leak of financial documents dubbed the Paradise Papers, contains 13.4 million documents has revealed how powerful and ultra-wealthy people, including the British Queen's private estate, managed by The Duchy of Lancaster, secretly invest vast amounts of cash in offshore tax havens. Photo: EPA
Iceland

Iceland PM poised for win despite Panama Papers scandal

Pakistan

Pakistan court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM Nawaz Sharif

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