2. Prepared & presented by: Syed Jamal Ahsan (CRN: 81960)
is Panama papers?
11.5MDocuments leaked
214,488+Enities involved
2.6Terabytes (TB)
BIGGESTData leak of history
200+Countries/Territories involved
12Current or former country leaders involved
+ + 100
Other Media
partners
Source: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
Law firms’s 40 years documents leaked by an anonymous source John Doe
3. Prepared & presented by: Syed Jamal Ahsan (CRN: 81960)
is named?
King of Saudia Arabia
Iceland’s Prime Minister
Children of PM Nawaz Sharif
and many more …
Father of British Prime Minister
4. Prepared & presented by: Syed Jamal Ahsan (CRN: 81960)
Is forming an offshore company
Well, technically speaking, no.
But is it either?ethical
dodgeFact is, many use them to taxes and hide proceeds from
activities.
criminal
5. Prepared & presented by: Syed Jamal Ahsan (CRN: 81960)
they matter?
Terrorism financing
• How extremists became so
powerful to topple a
government and impose self-
caliphate?
• “… breeding crime and
stripping national treasuries of
tax revenues.” — ICIJ
6. Prepared & presented by: Syed Jamal Ahsan (CRN: 81960)
Fraudsters, Drug Traffickers and Mafias
• They form a considerable
chunk of illicit off-shore
structure
•“A drug boss set up a fake
charity … and several shell
corps donated generously.” —
Irish Times
they matter?
7. Prepared & presented by: Syed Jamal Ahsan (CRN: 81960)
Our money against us
• “World leaders who have
embraced anti-corruption
moves feature in the leaked
documents.” — ICIJ
• “One of those companies
supplied fuel for the aircraft
that Syrian government used
to bomb and kill thousands of
its own citizens.” — ICIJ
they matter?