Money: follow it, hide it and Panama leaks

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Moderator's Note as new thread's opening post moved to No.14

Money: follow it, hide it and Panama leaks The impact of the millions of documents from the Panamanian lawyers is clear if media headlines are a guide, whether action follows is very moot. See the BBC's briefing:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35954224

There are a number of issues that could, if not will impact the interests of the 'small wars' community: "dirty" money, covert funding of extremism, international politics, how confident domestic public opinion is in it's leaders who appear to hide their money and more. The reaction in Iceland being the most public:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35966412

As one commentator here points out the UK's official position is difficult as so many jurisdictions that enable this activity are British overseas territories, leaving aside London's apparent role in handling "dirty" money. See:https://www.opendemocracy.net/maxim-edwards-francesc-badia-i-dalmases-adam-ramsay/panama-papers-old-tradition-of-english-piracy?

There are a number of posts in the current Ukraine War thread, as President Putin's regime allegedly has benefited and this has consequences. Yes, these posts will be moved to this thread shortly and so this opening post will not be first. (Ends)




The OCCRP is about to unleash hellfire on the house of #Putin or so they claim. ..assuming the position so https://twitter.com/DrewOCCRP/status/716335782512967680 …

Acc. to Ukrainian journo, Sunday's OCCRP report concerns offshore companies connected to leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Serbia etc.


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12 hours to go! At 8pm CET tonight we will break a major new set of investigative stories. Follow and share on
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Will be interesting to see if western MSM picks up on this investigative reporting.....