UK: HMRC ‘struggling with fallout of Paradise Papers leak’
12th January 2018
UK: HMRC ‘struggling with fallout of Paradise Papers leak’
HM Revenue and Customs is struggling to cope with a growing workload, including investigating revelations contained within the Paradise Papers, according to parliament’s spending watchdog. The public accounts committee has warned that it is “far from confident” that the tax authority has sufficient resources to scrutinise claims published in the… Read More
Panama Papers: Over $500m recovered by tax authorities globally
28th December 2017
Panama Papers: Over $500m recovered by tax authorities globally
More than $500 million has been recouped by tax authorities worldwide after the Panama Papers revelations, first published in April 2016. Spain alone collected $122 million after an investigation into the affairs of tax residents who had stockpiled money offshore. Among the countries represented in the Panama Papers data,… Read More
Pakistan: Imran Khan ‘free’ of Panama Papers-likened suspicion
18th December 2017
Pakistan: Imran Khan ‘free’ of Panama Papers-likened suspicion
Dawn Justice Faisal Arab, who was a member of the three-judge Supreme Court bench that exonerated the PTI chairman on Friday, observed in his additional note that Imran Khan did not incorporate offshore company Niazi Services Limited (NSL) to park assets acquired through embezzlement, bribery or tax evasion to keep… Read More
As President Yanukovych fell, regime-connected bank sent millions offshore
13th December 2017
As President Yanukovych fell, regime-connected bank sent millions offshore
By Kateryna Kapliuk, OCCRP It’s been almost four years since Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s former president, fled the country after the Euromaidan revolution. But the new government’s investigators have so far been unable to establish how much money his rule has cost the country – or where it went. There has… Read More
Malta: Three charged with murder of Panama Papers journalist
6th December 2017
Malta: Three charged with murder of Panama Papers journalist
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Guardian Three Maltese men have been charged for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the investigative journalist who was killed by a car bomb last month. The three suspects include two brothers, George and Alfred Degiorgio, and Vincent Muscat. The suspects were also charged with criminal use… Read More
Malta: Eight arrested over Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder
4th December 2017
Malta: Eight arrested over Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder
By Jamie Grierson, Guardian and agencies. Eight suspects have been arrested in Malta over the murder of the investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese prime minister has said. Caruana Galizia, who was a relentless critic of corruption in the country, died in October in a powerful car bomb blast… Read More
After threats, EU lawmakers seek ‘protection’ on Malta visit
30th November 2017
After threats, EU lawmakers seek ‘protection’ on Malta visit
29 November 2017 By Alastair Macdonald and Francesco Guarascio, REUTERS European Union lawmakers have asked for “protection” when they visit Malta this week to probe accusations of high-level corruption on the island, citing death threats made against some members of the EU parliament. The legislature passed a motion this month… Read More
German police to deliver Panama Papers to Maltese magistrate
29th November 2017
German police to deliver Panama Papers to Maltese magistrate
By Kurt Sansone, Malta Today German police will pass on a cache of Panama Papers data to the magistrate leading the inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder, German sources told MaltaToday. The information will be handed over by the German federal crime police (BKA) to Magistrate Anthony Vella, who will… Read More
Panama Papers: Pakistan to probe 436 individuals
27th November 2017
Panama Papers: Pakistan to probe 436 individuals
By Haroon Janjua, OCCRP Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered on Thursday the country’s anti-graft agency to serve notices to 436 Pakistanis who were named in the Panama Papers as owners of offshore companies. The legal petition seeking action against all Pakistanis named in the leaks were tabled by Siraj ul Haq,… Read More
Family of murdered Panama Papers journalist sues Maltese police
24th November 2017
Family of murdered Panama Papers journalist sues Maltese police
By Harry Cockburn, The Independent The family of murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia who was killed in a car bomb last month has taken legal action against the police, alleging the investigation is neither impartial nor independent. Caruana Galizia had done considerable work on exposing corruption in Malta and… Read More
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