Tag: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ

Leaks show US commerce chief, UK queen’s offshore investments

by Issam AHMED Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has business ties to a shipping firm linked to Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, according to a vast leak of financial documents that also revealed Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II’s investments in tax havens. It was also revealed that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top fundraiser and senior advisor Stephen Bronfman, heir to the Seagram fortune, moved some $60 million to offshore […]

Panama braces for online release of Panama Papers

by Juan José Rodríguez PANAMA CITY , Panama (AFP) — The Panama Papers scandal promises to deepen around the world on Monday when a journalists’ group with access to the digital cache of documents is to put many of them online. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is to release the documents in a searchable database at 1800 GMT on Monday accessible to the public at offshoreleaks.icij.org. The US-based organization said the release “will […]