joemac
Posts : 1916 Join date : 2013-04-17 Location : Texas
| Subject: The Panama Papers April 3rd 2016, 9:09 pm | |
| Largest widest deepest leak of anykind, ever! They have over 2.6 terabytes worth of material. http://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56febff0a1bb8d3c3495adf4/ - Quote :
- Over a year ago, an anonymous source contacted the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and submitted encrypted internal documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that sells anonymous offshore companies around the world. These shell firms enable their owners to cover up their business dealings, no matter how shady.
In the months that followed, the number of documents continued to grow far beyond the original leak. Ultimately, SZ acquired about 2.6 terabytes of data, making the leak the biggest that journalists had ever worked with. The source wanted neither financial compensation nor anything else in return, apart from a few security measures.
The data provides rare insights into a world that can only exist in the shadows. It proves how a global industry led by major banks, legal firms, and asset management companies secretly manages the estates of the world’s rich and famous: from politicians, Fifa officials, fraudsters and drug smugglers, to celebrities and professional athletes. How exciting. This will be fun. | |
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Diseasel
Posts : 1491 Join date : 2013-02-28 Location : About Mid AZ
| Subject: Re: The Panama Papers April 4th 2016, 2:43 pm | |
| Wow, that's an endless supply of material for a Michael Moore film.
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