Millions of leaked documents have uncovered financial secrets of 35 current and former world leaders, more than 330 politicians and public officials, and a global lineup of fugitives, con artists and murderers. The leaked records reveal that many of the power players who could help bring an end to the offshore system instead benefit from it – stashing assets in covert companies and trusts while their governments do little to slow a global stream of illicit money that enriches criminals and impoverishes nations. For nearly two years, ICIJ organized and led an investigation that grew to encompass more than 600 journalists in 117 countries and territories.
In 2006. a silo in Vranjic was transferred to a newly established company Žitni terminal owned by offshore companies. Documents from Pandora Papers now reveal who was behind this deal.
Several Croatian farmers were never paid the silage they produced for biogas plants in the Slavonia region in 2019 due to two intermediary companies. One is now on the verge of bankruptcy and has apparently cheated the state out of many millions of kunas by using fictitious invoices, according to an investigation by the Tax Administration.
Pandora Papers reveal the secret of a yet another entrepreneur, connected to tax advisor Rok Snežič. His friend Roman Stropnik namely the business of a Slovene company Poštajner which had ’issues’ with paying tax to an eponymous company in the tax haven of Belize.
In 2014, former car salesman Dragan Đurić was convicted of tax evasion and business fraud. He abscond to Bosnia and Herzegovina and, as revealed by the Pandora Papers, continued to operate from there in secret via a company from the Seychelles. Đurić remains a fugitive.
Confidential documents lay bare the inner workings of U.S. trust industry that serves global leaders and the super rich.
Leaked files reveal nearly $300 million stashed overseas for the Legion of Christ in wake of Vatican investigation. Millions were invested with a corporate landlord that evicted struggling U.S. tenants during pandemic.
New documents reveal the true extent of involvement of the Perenčević brothers in the leading tourism developer on the Croatian island of Lošinj, the Russian pipeline constructor Velesstroy, and other lucrative investments.
Leaked documents reveal how self-styled man of the people Andrej Babis hid his ownership of a $22 million chateau.
Secret files show sprawling industry of enablers exploiting gaps in anti-money laundering laws.
The largest investigation in journalism history exposes a shadow financial system that benefits the world’s most rich and powerful.
A Slovenian businessman convicted of fraud set up shell companies to hide his trail.
Marko Glinšek fought in court by arguing that his Slovenian company, Lux Factor, was merely a distributor of the cosmetics, and that the real seller was another company called Lux Factor, based in the Seychelles. Leaked documents prove Glinšek lied in court about his control of a Seychelles company to avoid a conviction.
Authors
Coordinator:
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
Editor-in-Chief: Anuška Delić
Authors: Anuška Delić, Maja Čakarić, Ante Pavić, Anja Vladisavljević, Matej Zwitter
Summaries of ICIJ stories: Katarina Bulatović, Zala Čas, Samo Demšar
Translation: Petra Kavčič, Ana Schnabl
Illustration: Milanka Fabjančič, Samira Kentrić, Dubravko Mataković
Design: Jan Virant, Studio Mashoni