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IMPACT
POST THE EXPLOSION
DONE BY THE PANDORA
PAPERS, POLITICIANS
AND LEADERS ACROSS
THE WORLD ARE FACING
INCREASING CRITICISM
AND SCRUTINY, AND MORE
GOVERNMENTS AROUND
THE WORLD ARE PLEDGING
INVESTIGATIONS IN THE
WAKE OF THE BIGGEST-
EVER OFFSHORE LEAK.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
INFORMATION SHARED BY ICIJ AND ENFORCEMENT
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, one of the AGENCIES IN INDIA,
three current Latin American heads of state linked
to the Pandora Papers, held a press conference SPAIN, PAKISTAN,
on Monday at his presidential palace to address
reporting on a controversial business deal exposed IRELAND, MEXICO,
by the investigation. He denied conflicts of interest GERMANY, PAKISTAN,
and said the information was already public.
BULGARIA, AUSTRALIA,
In Malaysia, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim
Monday submitted an emergency motion to the BRAZIL, SRI LANKA,
lower house of parliament requesting the House to
debate Pandora Papers revelations, which include PARAGUAY AND
details on the offshore financial assets and busi- PANAMA HAVE AFFIRMED
ness associates of former finance minister Daim
Zainuddin, according to ICIJ partner Malaysiakini. SERIOUS ACTIONS AND
In a statement, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta INVESTIGATION ACROSS
said he will address the Pandora Papers revelations
after returning from an overseas visit. THE PERSONS INVOLVED
IN SECRET DEALS AND
“That these reports will go a long way in enhancing
the financial transparency and openness that we HIDDEN ASSETS.
require in Kenya and around the globe,” Kenyatta
said. Kenyatta and his family did not respond INFORMATION SHARED BY ICIJ
to more than a dozen emails, phone calls and
WhatsApp messages before publication of the
Pandora Papers investigation, which revealed his
family’s extensive offshore holdings.
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