The Panama Papers thread

Unhappy438 said:
You don't know that, the fact is until a number of people have gone through all 2+ TB of information you don't know what you are opening people up to.
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A cursory initial analysis to verify the validness of such reasonable grounds for suspicion etc. before releasing it to the wider public would be sufficient to find out.
 
Unhappy438 said:
So just release personal information to the public like ID numbers or medical records? We shouldn't trust anyone with an agenda but we should trust people in the public to not have an agenda and use this information for nefarious means :rolleyes: .

Not to mention the witch hunt where anyone and everyone will be guilty by association.
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I'm not saying it would be fair to the truly innocent people being named, I'm saying given the magnitude of the information is severe enough to have already lifted one head of state from his position there is no other choice.

Perhaps then provide the full information dump to at least one nominated investigative news outlet in each of the world's top 10 economies with a stern warning not to shame the innocent?

That's likely less practical than full disclosure as it requires those who are undoubtedly already protecting some benefactors to trust that their competition will do the same ...
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
I'm not saying it would be fair to the truly innocent people being named, I'm saying given the magnitude of the information is severe enough to have already lifted one head of state from his position there is no other choice.

Perhaps then provide the full information dump to at least one nominated investigative news outlet in each of the world's top 10 economies with a stern warning not to shame the innocent?

That's likely less practical than full disclosure as it requires those who are undoubtedly already protecting some benefactors to trust that their competition will do the same ...
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A stern warning?
 
Edward Snowden Ridicules David Cameron For Defending ‘Private’ Matter Of Panama Paper

The man hailed by some as one of personal privacy’s greatest defenders has expressed surprise at a statement made by David Cameron about the Panama Papers leaked on Sunday.

Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistleblower who in 2013 revealed numerous covert global surveillance programs, was shocked by the PM’s insistence that his father’s implication in the list of high-profile tax avoiders was “a private matter”.

The late Ian Cameron’s Blairmore Holdings Inc company, set up in the 1980s, managed tens of millions of pounds for the wealthy but has not ever paid tax on UK profits.....
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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...anama-papers-leak_uk_57039d27e4b069ef5c00cdb2
 
David Cameron's personal intervention on trusts set up tax loophole

Financial Times David Cameron's personal intervention on trusts set up tax loophole Financial Times David Cameron personally intervened in 2013 to weaken an EU drive to reveal the beneficiaries of trusts, creating a possible loophole that other European nations warned could be exploited by tax evaders
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http://internet-us.com/news/204809/...on-trusts-set-up-tax-loophole-financial-times

http://www.archyuk.com/david-camero...n-trusts-set-up-tax-loophole-financial-times/
 
Cameron’s haven hypocrisy? PM pushed for offshore trusts to be shielded from EU regulation

Besieged Prime Minister David Cameron is under fire yet again after a 2013 letter was unearthed showing he shielded offshore trusts from an EU crackdown.

The letter has come to light as the Tory PM faces mounting pressure over his late father Ian Cameron’s offshore trust Blairmore Holdings, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers leak.

In the 2013 letter to then-European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, Cameron argued that trusts should not be subject to the same transparency rules as companies.
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https://www.rt.com/uk/338756-cameron-shielded-offshore-trusts/
 
PM Intervened To Weaken EU Action On Trusts

Downing Street defends a letter in which Mr Cameron urged officials to focus on companies rather than trusts in a tax crackdown.

David Cameron personally intervened to water down an EU transparency drive on trusts, despite warnings it could create a loophole for tax dodgers.

The Prime Minister wrote to European Council President Herman van Rompuy in 2013, successfully arguing for trusts to be treated differently to companies by anti-money laundering rules.

The letter, first revealed by the Financial Times, comes as Mr Cameron faces questions over his family's tax affairs after details of an investment fund set up by his father were reported as part of the Panama Papers leak.

The PM wrote to Mr van Rompuy arguing it was "clearly important we recognise the important differences between companies and trusts".

He wrote: "This means that the solution for addressing the potential misuse of companies, such as central public registries, may well not be appropriate generally."
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http://news.sky.com/story/1674219/pm-intervened-to-weaken-eu-action-on-trusts
 
David Cameron has admitted he did hold shares in an offshore tax haven fund set up by his late father.

The Prime Minister has faces questions over his family's tax affairs after details of the investment fund were reported as part of the Panama Papers leak.

Downing Street had initially said it was a private matter before first clarifying that the PM had no offshore funds and trusts and then making clear the family would not benefit in future either.
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Source: http://news.sky.com/story/1674594/pm-admits-owning-shares-in-dads-offshore-fund
 
snoopdoggydog said:
I hope this is the last time they try to smear Putin (probably not)
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Vladimir Putin has said the release of the Panama Papers is part of an American plot to 'rock Russia from within' - and his friend named in the leak was just 'buying musical instruments'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Panama-Papers-not-corrupt.html#ixzz45EgpjAu2
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Very expensive musical instruments. lol. nudge, nudge, wink, wink :)
 
Lol, RT running loads of articles on David Cameron after accusing the western press of focusing on Putin. They still haven't done anything on Putin besides being a Kremlin mouthpiece.
 
Unhappy438 said:
Lol, RT running loads of articles on David Cameron after accusing the western press of focusing on Putin. They still haven't done anything on Putin besides being a Kremlin mouthpiece.
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They published an account of Putin's response pretty much just like everyone else did e.g.
https://www.rt.com/news/338807-putin-panama-papers-reaction/
vs
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/7/vladimir-putin-panama-papers-a-us-effort-to-destab/

I assume you're looking for a more in depth piece that investigates the accusations? But then no other news source has done that either, all I've seen are repetitions of the initial accusations, no further actual investigation.

In Putin's case, regardless of the source, there has been an accusation and a denial.
In Cameron's case, regardless of the source, there has been an accusation, a denial and capitulation.

Hence, not only RT, but actually most news outlets are focusing on Cameron more than Putin at the moment.
 
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