Panama Papers a 2.6 terabyte, 11.5 million document leak...the largest data leak journalists have ever worked with

Turtleneck wrote:Will they shutdown SD3828's new $75 message board?

InTenSity wrote:Apparently there are no Americans indicted...Fuck were rich. Can even suppress a worldwide conspiracy.

Rocinante wrote:Well if our corporate tax rate wasn't so high, people wouldn't have to hide their money.

Nordic wrote:We need WBH to write us a Cliff Notes version of the data

InTenSity wrote:Apparently there are no Americans indicted...Fuck were rich. Can even suppress a worldwide conspiracy.

The_Dude wrote:How Putin has made some of his closest friends insanely rich haha and then his daughter married the son of one of those guys.

xsanguine wrote:

The_Dude wrote:How Putin has made some of his closest friends insanely rich haha and then his daughter married the son of one of those guys.

He'll chuckle, wave a dismissive hand and business will go on in Russia.

Lionel Messi and Jackie Chan are apparently implicated, too.

xsanguine wrote:I can't imagine everyone used the same law firm so this won't affect everyone doing this.

I'm assuming we'll hear about Clinton and Trump involved (among the other candidates) and I'd only be slightly surprised to hear of Bernie being involved. I'm rooting for everyone being involved in it, though. To me, that'd be hilarious; "How dare you guys hide money in walls to avoid the protection crew finding it when they come through for your yearly extortion!"

The_Dude wrote:

xsanguine wrote:

He'll chuckle, wave a dismissive hand and business will go on in Russia.

Lionel Messi and Jackie Chan are apparently implicated, too.

Well yeah for Messi, makes the bulk of his money in Spain. Euro tax rates are off the charts.

Iceland’s Prime Minister has announced on live television that he will not be resigning in the wake of last night’s Panama Papers revelations.

In a special interview with Icelandic TV station Stöð 2, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson defended the record of his government and said that the people will be able to judge his government at the next general elections.

The PM maintains that there was “nothing new” in the information released yesterday and that he has given a full account and explanation of his and his wife’s business dealings.

He did, however, apologise to the Icelandic people for his “poor” performance in a recent television interview on the subject.

Gunnlaugsson is adamant that the mass demonstration planned for this afternoon in Reykjavik will not change his decision to stay on as Iceland’s PM.

xsanguine wrote:

The_Dude wrote:

Well yeah for Messi, makes the bulk of his money in Spain. Euro tax rates are off the charts.

Some of these people could be completely naive of what's going on. A friend of Messi's suggests a tax professional who is billed as getting him "the most for his money", so he ends up using that individual... Messi's happy, the financial advisor is happy... life goes on.

xsanguine wrote:

The_Dude wrote:

Well yeah for Messi, makes the bulk of his money in Spain.  Euro tax rates are off the charts.

Some of these people could be completely naive of what's going on. A friend of Messi's suggests a tax professional who is billed as getting him "the most for his money", so he ends up using that individual... Messi's happy, the financial advisor is happy... life goes on.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

xsanguine wrote:

Some of these people could be completely naive of what's going on. A friend of Messi's suggests a tax professional who is billed as getting him "the most for his money", so he ends up using that individual... Messi's happy, the financial advisor is happy... life goes on.

Life goes on, and then you go to court.  Messi goes on trial for a separate tax evasion case this summer.  So much for being happy.  He better hope that evidence from the Panama Papers can't be used in the case.

By the way, his teammate, Javier Mascherano pleaded guilty to tax fraud a couple of months ago.  And their other team mate, Neymar, was recently charged with tax evasion, as well.

Ignorance isn't a defense.

xsanguine wrote:

MiamiSpartan wrote:
Life goes on, and then you go to court.  Messi goes on trial for a separate tax evasion case this summer.  So much for being happy. He better hope that evidence from the Panama Papers can't be used in the case.

By the way, his teammate, Javier Mascherano pleaded guilty to tax fraud a couple of months ago.  And their other team mate, Neymar, was recently charged with tax evasion, as well.

Ignorance isn't a defense.

Might be the guy who suggested the "tax advisor"... or vice versa.

The_Dude wrote:

xsanguine wrote:

Might be the guy who suggested the "tax advisor"... or vice versa.

I still find it mind boggling these rich as fuck athletes don't properly vet outside 'advisors'.

CORNER BLITZ wrote:http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/04/04/iceland_pm_i_will_not_resign/

Iceland’s Prime Minister has announced on live television that he will not be resigning in the wake of last night’s Panama Papers revelations.

In a special interview with Icelandic TV station Stöð 2, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson defended the record of his government and said that the people will be able to judge his government at the next general elections.

The PM maintains that there was “nothing new” in the information released yesterday and that he has given a full account and explanation of his and his wife’s business dealings.

He did, however, apologise to the Icelandic people for his “poor” performance in a recent television interview on the subject.

Gunnlaugsson is adamant that the mass demonstration planned for this afternoon in Reykjavik will not change his decision to stay on as Iceland’s PM.