Massive Leak Exposes the Hidden Fortunes of World’s Elite and Crooks
From missing taxes to stolen artworks and smuggled antiquities, the Pandora Papers lays bare exactly how the...
The Pandora Papers
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The Big Picture
FAQ: About the Pandora Papers
What are the Pandora Papers? What's an offshore service provider? And why should anyone care?
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Interactives
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The 14 service providers at the heart of the Pandora Papers
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What We Found Offshore
Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Had Secret Offshore Contracts With Men Linked to Serbian State Telecom Company
Amid a Chinese push to gain influence in Serbia, Huawei appears to have paid large sums to a former Serbian state...
Azerbaijan’s Ruling Aliyev Family and Their Associates Acquired Dozens of Prime London Properties Worth Nearly $700 Million
A vast network of offshore companies, administered by service provider Trident Trust and fronted by a small group...
Family of Top Azerbaijani Politician Owns Millions in Luxury Real Estate
As head of Azerbaijan’s parliament for 14 years, Oktay Asadov received a modest official salary. So how did his...
Anti-Graft Czech Prime Minister Used Offshores to Disguise Funds for French Chateau
Andrej Babiš has campaigned on an anti-graft platform. Now, investigace.cz and OCCRP have found that he...
Pandora Papers Reveal Offshore Holdings of Ukrainian President and his Inner Circle
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rode to power on pledges to clean up the Eastern European country, but the...
Secretive Offshore Maneuvers Enriched Unofficial Third Wife of Kazakhstani Leader Nursultan Nazarbayev
Two oligarchs known to be close to the ‘Leader of the Nation’ were involved in a complex offshore arrangement that...
Major Azerbaijani Construction Materials Plant Had a Secret Co-Owner: President Ilham Aliyev’s Daughter
Described as the “main player for almost all megaprojects” in Azerbaijan, the AAC plant is publicly associated...
A Tale of Two Brothers and A Croatian Island
For years, Croatians have been in the dark about who owns a major company called Jadranka, the leading tourism...
At Serbia’s “Legalization Secretariat,” Developers Paid Cash to Have Their Construction Violations Excused
The longtime head of the Secretariat stepped down in July, but is now under investigation for allegedly abusing...
Putin Propagandist Got Major Stake in $1 Billion Project to Redevelop Soviet Movie Theaters
Konstantin Ernst, a top executive at Russia’s Channel One, got a loan from a state-connected bank to acquire a...
Fugitive Russian Banker Used Cypriot Law Firm to Hide Assets, Move Money
Georgy Bedzhamov, wanted in Russia over a high-profile embezzlement case, used the law firm Demetrios A....
A Family Affair: How the Relatives of a Russian State Company’s CEO Got Rich
The stepdaughter of Sergei Chemezov, the head of the giant state-owned military and defense conglomerate Rostec,...
State Petrochemical Plants in Turkmenistan Channel Exports Through Obscure U.K. Companies — With Ties to President’s Nephews
One has no website. Another can’t be reached by phone. But these foreign companies are selling the output of some...
Murdered Papua New Guinea Ports Official Benefitted From Suspect Offshore Payments
A Manila-based multinational paid millions of dollars into the offshore account of an Australian consultant around...
PNG Prime Minister Had Undisclosed Ties to Figure at Center of Ports Criminal Probe
Papua New Guinea police have launched an international bribery probe after OCCRP and partners revealed...
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Opening the Box from the Pandora Papers
Updates and insights on stories we've followed for years
Despite Denials, Serbian Finance Minister Owned Luxury Apartments After All
New documents from the Pandora Papers show that Siniša Mali was the sole shareholder in offshore companies that...
Leaked Documents Expose Lie At Heart of Convicted Cosmetics Fraudster’s Court Defense
A Slovenian businessman convicted of fraud set up shell companies to hide his trail.
‘Predatory’ Chinese Takeover of Ukraine Defense Firm Was Facilitated by a U.S. Law Firm
The deal was drafted by global law firm DLA Piper using offshores and proxies, seemingly to avoid antitrust laws....
A Latvian Bank’s Last Sweetheart Deal for Kremlin-Linked Clients
In 2018, payments at Latvia’s ABLV were frozen after the U.S. accused the bank of having “institutionalized money...
Belarusian Elites’ Golden Deal With Zimbabwe
A top Belarusian official negotiated a gold mining venture with Zimbabwe in 2018 — but behind a veil of offshores,...
Putin Loyalist MP Condemned Offshores. But His Father Stashed Tens of Millions Abroad
The father of Duma representative Lev Kovpak had an offshore company that owned $56 million in cash and...
Documents Expose Bucharest Official’s Offshore Networks and Suggest He Embezzled Public Funds
Leaked corporate data and prosecution files obtained by OCCRP shed light on the business schemes of influential...
Secret Offshore Loans Funded Private Croatian Island Resort
'In 2009, a man known as "Putin’s masseur" bought a luxury villa on a Croatian island. The Pandora...
Offshore Documents Show Ukrainian Ex-Tax Boss Linked to Car-Smuggling Case
Newly uncovered company data from the Pandora Papers sheds light on the network behind a smuggling ring in Central...
Pandora Papers Unveil Ex-Putin Aide, Indian Businessmen Behind Maldives Island Scandal Deals
A former deputy chief of staff for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as well as a wealthy Russian businessman with...
Leak Suggests Ukrainian Pro-Kremlin Politician Secretly Benefited from Russian Oil Field Sale
The politician appears to have held a valuable oilfield through an offshore shell company owned by a proxy.
Partner Stories
The Guardian
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair Purchased London Building Through an Offshore
Tony and Cherie Blair saved hundreds of thousands of pounds in property taxes when acquiring a multi-million pound London office building from an offshore company partially owned by a prominent Bahraini minister.
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
Jordanian King’s Secret Offshore Property Purchases
In the wake of Arab Spring, Jordan’s King Abdullah II used secret offshore companies to buy luxury homes in the United States and United Kingdom.
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
When Latin America’s Elite Wanted to Hide their Wealth They Turned to This Panama Firm
One of Central America’s most prestigious law firms, Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & Lee (Alcogal) set up offshore companies for 160 politicians and public officials — including some accused of looting their countries.
Finance Uncovered
Documents Show Secret Offshore Fortune of Kenyan President’s Family
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta came to power promising to fight corruption. Leaked documents in the Pandora Papers show his family has for years amassed a secret offshore fortune worth tens of millions of dollars.
El Pais
Soccer coach Pep Guardiola used a tax amnesty to regularize an account he held in Andorra
The Manchester City coach was depositing his salary there while playing at a team in Qatar, and failed to declare it to the Spanish Tax Agency while managing FC Barcelona.
Washington Post
Foreign Money Secretly Floods U.S. Tax Havens. Some of it is Tainted
Moguls and others linked to money laundering, corruption and worker exploitation chose U.S. over the world’s traditional tax havens.
Le Monde
'Pandora Papers': From Morocco to the Persian Gulf, DSK's good fortune in advising governments
From Tassoultante, south of Marrakech — where he created his first company, Parnasse International in 2013 — the former IMF boss provides political and economic advice to governments that call on his services.
El Pais
British Virgin Islands documents shed light on Piñera and his family's partnerships in tax havens
The Pandora Papers reveal details on companies created in the names of the Chilean leader’s children.
El Espectador
These are the Colombians mentioned, for now, in the Pandora Papers
The Colombian chapter of the Pandora Papers includes 588 names of Colombians that appear as actual owners of offshore companies. They include millionaires, former presidents, ambassadors, former congressmen, family groups and some prosecuted by the courts, who were mainly clients of the Alcogal and Trident Trust firms.
BBC
Pandora Papers: Businessman linked to Tory donations made millions from alleged fraud
A businessman whose companies have backed 34 Tory MPs made millions from an allegedly corrupt Russian pipeline deal, leaked files show.
El Pais
Oil exploration, artificial intelligence and dietary supplements: The exotic businesses linked to Mexico’s Legionaries of Christ
Members of the Roman Catholic religious order operated an offshore scheme that invested at least $18.5m in a portfolio across Mexico.
ICIJ
From temples to offshore trusts, a hunt for Cambodia’s looted heritage leads to top museums
U.S. investigators say Douglas Latchford trafficked ancient treasures for decades. Dozens of relics tied to the accused smuggler remain in the Met and other prominent institutions.