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                                                                       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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