Bahamas Leaks
Former EU Official Among Politicians Named in New Leak of Offshore Files from The Bahamas
Former top EU official among the politicians and others named in leak revealing 175,000 offshore companies registered in the Bahamas.
Secrecy for Sale
Inside the Global Offshore Money Maze
Millions of leaked files from two financial service providers, a private bank in Jersey and the Bahamas corporate registry reveal how tax havens around the world are used to hide riches.
In this investigation
Overview
Secret Files Expose Offshore’s Global Impact
Dozens of journalists sifted through millions of leaked records to produce ICIJ’s investigation into offshore secrecy.
By Gerard Ryle | April 2, 2013
Offshore clients
Leaked Records Reveal Offshore Holdings of China’s Elite
Files shed light on nearly 22,000 tax haven clients from Hong Kong and mainland China.
By Marina Walker Guevara | January 21, 2014
RUSSIA ARCHIVE
Analysis of ICIJ data shows how to stop Russian oligarchs in their tracks
IMPACT
ICIJ nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for combating dark money flows
IMPACT
Advocates celebrate major US anti-money laundering victory
IMPACT
Notorious tax haven British Virgin Islands to introduce public register of company owners
Impact
Key US anti-laundering law stalled despite bipartisan support
ACCOUNTABILITY
‘Everyone is doing badly’, anti-money laundering czar warns
ACCOUNTABILITY
Cayman Signals Willingness to Abandon Corporate Secrecy – But Not Yet
READ THE DOCUMENTS
The Dummy Company at the Heart of Deutsche Bank Money Laundering Probe
IMPACT
Tax raids across Germany sparked by ICIJ revelations
Secretive £750m trust
Elaborate Offshore Network Behind Chicken Chain
Jersey Files
Celebrities and Sportsmen in Leaked Jersey Files
Jersey Files
New Bank Leak Shows How Rich Exploit Tax Haven Loopholes
Hidden in Plain Sight
America’s Own Island Haven: Manhattan
Rise of the new tax havens
Sun and Shadows: How an Island Paradise Became a Haven for Dirty Money
Offshore & Big Business
Offshore Web Nets Chinese Giant in Italian Solar Scandal
BVI Diaries
The British Virgin Islands: A Forbidden City
Web App
Unlocking China’s Secrets
Map: The Offshore Leaks Revelations
Empires & Offshore
China’s Scandal-Torn Oil Industry Embraces Tax Havens
Graphic: Where China Goes Offshore
China: Who Uses Offshore Tax Havens
Stonewalls & Secrecy
Paradise of Untouchable Assets
The Politics of Offshore
Politicians Talk Tough On Tax Haven Reform, But Activists Say Talk Is Cheap
Insiders & Offshore
Offshore Firms Funneled Away Millions As Serbian Companies Shed Workers and Lurched Toward Ruin
Offshore & Crime
American Fugitive Used Big Banks To Shuffle More Than $1 Million Offshore, Records Show
DATA DIVE
Search the Offshore Leaks Database
Video: Offshore Leaks Names Revealed
Search the Offshore Leaks data
ICIJ Releases Offshore Leaks Database Revealing Names Behind Secret Companies, Trusts
Politicians & Offshore
Son of Former Korean President Obtained Secret Offshore Company Amid Family’s Tax Evasion Scandal
Banks & Offshore
US Tax Authorities Target Caribbean Bank
Impact
‘Offshore Leaks’ Revelations Force Resignation of Top European Banker
Impact
Tax Authorities Move on Leaked Offshore Documents
Stonewalls & Secrecy
Missing Canadian Kept Secret Offshore Accounts
Banks & Offshore
JPMorgan Chase’s record highlights doubts about big banks’ devotion to fighting dirty money flows
Offshore & the Mega-Rich
Bankrupt Swedish Tycoon Had Fortune Stashed in South Pacific
Governments & Offshore
Finnish Finance Minister Calls State-Owned Postal Company’s Links to Tax Havens ‘Repulsive’
Key findings
1
Millions of leaked files from two financial service providers, a private bank in Jersey and the Bahamas corporate registry reveal how tax havens around the world are used to hide riches.
2
Government officials and their families and associates in China, Azerbaijan, Russia, Canada, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Mongolia and other countries have embraced the use of covert companies and bank accounts.
3
The mega-rich use complex offshore structures to own mansions, yachts, art masterpieces and other assets, gaining tax advantages and anonymity not available to average people.
4
Many of the world’s top’s banks – including UBS, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank – have aggressively worked to provide their customers with secrecy-cloaked companies in the British Virgin Islands and other offshore hideaways.
5
A well-paid industry of accountants, middlemen and other operatives has helped offshore patrons shroud their identities and business interests, providing shelter in many cases to money laundering or other misconduct.
6
Ponzi schemers and other large-scale fraudsters routinely use offshore havens to pull off their shell games and move their ill-gotten gains.
