ドイツ発（datelined Germany）： Pandora Papers
２０２１年１０月４日（Mon.）14:00UP ： 日本国内でも報道されていますが、いわゆる租税回避地の利用による合法的？脱税問題が報じられています。日本人にも何人か疑わしい人物がいるようです。合法であれば何をやっても許されるのでしょうか？ 私はそうとは考えません。（ニュースソース： DWーDE １０月３日発 ）
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Pandora Papers: Secret tax havens of world leaders, celebrities revealed
Millions of leaked documents reveal the financial secrets of how world leaders, billionaires and celebrities use tax havens. Tony Blair, Ukraine's Zelenskyy and Shakira are among those named.
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The ICIJ's Pandora Papers open up the box on 11.9 million leaked documents
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The Pandora Papers investigation has revealed that 35 current and former world leaders — including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the king of Jordan and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta — as well as powerful billionaires were affiliated with companies that use offshore tax havens.
Offshore accounts are often used to secretly manage and move large sums of money to hide a person's true wealth.
The investigation, carried out by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and a team of 150 news outlets — including DW's Turkish service — also found that more than 330 high-level politicians and public officials worldwide have ties to offshore accounts.
The millions of leaked documents examined by the biggest journalism partnership in history show the extent to which secretive offshore operations are entangled in global finance politics.
The finance ministers of Pakistan, the Netherlands and Brazil all have ties to offshore companies, as do former finance ministers of Malta and France — including ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is one leading figure mentioned in the investigation
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According to ICIJ, the Pandora Papers show that the power players who could help bring an end to the offshore system are instead benefiting from it — stashing assets in covert companies and trusts while their governments do little to slow a global stream of illicit money that enriches criminals and impoverishes nations.
Blair to Babis: Europe's elite uncovered
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has spoken out against tax avoidance for decades, but the leaks reveal he and his wife were able to own an $8.8 million (€7.6 million) building when they bought an offshore real estate company from the family of Bahrain's industry and tourism minister, Zayed bin Rashid al-Zayani.
By purchasing the company shares — and not the building directly — Blair and his wife Cherie were able to avoid having to pay property taxes totaling $400,000.
Both the Blairs and the al-Zayanis said they did not initially know about each other's involvement in the deal. Cherie Blair said her husband was not involved in the transaction. The company is now closed.
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