Offshore Trove Exposes Trump-Russia Links and Piggy Banks of the Wealthiest 1 Percent
A trove of 13.4 million records exposes ties between Russia and U.S. President Donald Trump’s billionaire commerce...
Paradise Papers
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The Leak
‘Offshore Magic Circle’ Law Firm Has Record of Compliance Failures
Secret stash of documents provide inside view of storied Bermuda-headquartered legal practice.
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OCCRP Stories
London Apartments Show Ongoing Ties of Odesa Mayor to Oil Mafia
Odesa mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov denies links to his former colleagues from the city's notorious "Oil Mafia." But...
The Odesa Mafia’s Secret Flats in London
In the 1990s, “Angert’s Gang” in Odesa, Ukraine, was a powerhouse of crime. It diverted fuel sales from the reliably corrupt...
Romanian Army Land Used by NATO Owned by Friends and Kin of Syrian Dictator
Land belonging to a Romanian military base used by NATO for sensitive training exercises is actually owned by influential...
Ukrainian Billionaires Exchanged Luxury London Real Estate in Secret Settlement
Journalists have called the case one of the most expensive in British history: One Ukrainian businessman demanded US $2...
Top Kazakhstani Official Holds Stake in Secretive Transportation Empire
"Kazakhstan’s largest oil extraction project largely relies on a single company to move its products abroad by rail....
Leaked Documents Reveal Offshore Holdings of Controversial Serbian Minister
A data leak from Appleby, a law firm based in Bermuda, sheds light on the business and real estate empire of Nenad Popovic,...
A Yanukovych Pal and the €13 Million Yacht his Family Loves
Anton Prygodskyy used to hunt with Viktor Yanukovych, the former president of Ukraine, in a private hunting club just...
The Magic Isle: How Wealthy Russians Use an Offshore Territory to Avoid Taxes on Private Jets
Boris and Arkadiy Rotenberg belong to one of Russia’s richest families. As old friends of President Vladimir Putin, the...
Wife of Putin’s Number Two Man Gets Rich Quick
Marina Sechina was once married to the second-most powerful man in Russia. Her ex-husband, Igor Sechin, has been a devoted...
Ukrainian Gas Official Linked to Scheme to Hide $1 Million
Sergiy Oleksiyenko, a former financial whiz who has held several posts in Ukraine’s oil and gas industries, set up an...
Tax Day Bloody Tax Day: Bono’s Lithuanian Shopping Mall Under Tax Probe
In four decades of touring the world, the Irish rock band U2 has never played in Utena, a sleepy place in northeast...
Kazakhstan’s Secret Billionaires
A massive leak of documents reveals the hidden owners behind Meridian Capital, a major Kazakhstani investment and holding...
Candy Company Plans Haunt Ukrainian President
Every time there is a major leak of offshore documents, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko seems to get caught in another...
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ICIJ Stories
Offshore Gurus Help Rich Avoid Taxes on Jets and Yachts
Buying a $27-million private jet or plush mega-yacht means millions in sales taxes — unless you know the right pro.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross benefits from business ties to Putin’s inner circle
Trump cabinet member retains a stake in company that provides shipping for Putin son-in-law and sanctioned oligarchs.
Room of Secrets Reveals Mysteries of Global Commodity Giant
Law firm’s internal files reveal oil, mineral and grain trader Glencore signed secret deals and loaned millions to a...
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Who's in the Paradise Papers?
Petro Poroshenko
Petro Poroshenko is Ukraine’s president and a wealthy businessman with interests in automotive plants, a shipyard, a...
Roman Abramovich
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has been a member of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle since the late 1990s....
Vladimir Blotskiy
Vladimir Blotskiy is a wealthy Russian businessman and politician, with interests largely in the fishing industry. In...
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Hungarian businessmen with political ties appear in leaked Maltese business data
A look into various influential Hungarian businessmen who appear in the Paradise Papers.
Paradise Papers: For Cyprus, call Ivan Simic
According to leaked documents, there’s a company on Cyprus that can help Slovenian clients open offshore companies -- and it’s connected to Ivan Simic, the former director of Slovenia’s tax authority.
Hidden businesses of influential Hungarians revealed in new massive offshore leak
The Paradise Papers shed light on the hitherto unknown business dealings of several influential Hungarian figures, including Istvan Nagy, the country's ambassador to Bern, Sandor Demjan, one of Hungary's wealthiest people, and George Soros, the Hungarian-born US billionaire.
Czechs in the Paradise Papers
In the Paradise Papers, 12,060 documents directly concern the Czech Republic. Of these, 8,000 documents come from Appleby's law offices in the Bahamas and Asiaciti in Singapore.
Video: Prygodskyy’s Adventure
Leaked documents show that Anton Prygodskyy -- once a friend of Ukraine’s former President, Viktor Yanukovych -- built a luxurious 37-meter yacht, the Santa Maria T. To keep its construction secret and minimize taxes, Prygodskyy worked through Maltese companies.
Video: A Million-Dollar Deal
Leaked documents show that a former oil and gas official set up an offshore foundation to try to circumvent Ukraine’s currently controls. He denies the scheme, and it’s not known whether the transfer actually took place.
Video: Dark Chocolate
New evidence suggests that Ukraine’s President Poroshenko took his Roshen candy empire offshore for tax purposes -- not to sell it or put it in a trust, as he had promised to do.