Panama Papers: Iceland Prime Minister Walks Out Of Interview Over Tax Questions

Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the prime minister of Iceland, walks out of an interview with Swedish television SVT. Gunnlaugsson is asked about a company called Wintris, which he says has been fully declared to the Icelandic tax authority. Gunnlaugsson says he is not prepared to answer such questions and decides to discontinue the interview, saying: ‘What are you trying to make up here? This is totally inappropriate’

Source: Daily Mail

The biggest leak of financial data in history has revealed how 12 world leaders, the global rich and a host of celebrities are allegedly using offshore tax havens to hide their wealth.

The so-called Panama Papers, part of a leak of 11million files, implicate those in Russian president Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, along with families and associates of Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak, Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi and Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad.

Documents were leaked from one of the world’s most secretive companies, Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, and show how the company has allegedly helped clients launder money, dodge sanctions and evade tax.

Biggest leak in the history of data journalism just went live, and it's about corruption. https://t.co/dYNjD6eIeZ pic.twitter.com/638aIu8oSU

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 3, 2016

Comments

[john]

Pew, Packard Foundations named in huge document leak called the “Panama Papers”

http://fisherynation.com/archives/44908

An unprecedented leak of more than 11 million documents, called the “Panama Papers“, has revealed the hidden financial dealings of some of the world’s wealthiest people, as well as 12 current and former world leaders and 128 more politicians and public officials around the world. More than 200,000 companies, foundations and trusts are contained in the leak of information which came from a little-known but powerful law firm based in Panama called , whose files include the offshore holdings of drug dealers, Mafia members, corrupt politicians and tax evaders – and wrongdoing galore.

[DailyBail]

The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-27/the-world-s-favorite-new-tax-haven-is-the-united-states

This is a great report from Bloomberg

[john]

Maine congressional delegation asks Obama to rebuff ban on lobster exports to EU

http://fisherynation.com/archives/44711

Maine’s congressional delegation on Monday asked the Obama administration to resist efforts to ban the import of live Maine lobsters by European Union countries, saying the discovery of American lobsters in Swedish waters doesn’t warrant such harsh measures. “Since only a small number of Maine lobsters have been found in foreign waters, we believe regulators should take a more finely tuned approach before calling this an ‘invasion,'

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Sweden started this ban yet they have thousands of (problem) refugees being welcome in? What did Maine Lobster do to them?

[DailyBail]

It's a new ISIS plot. They found some unhappy Maine Lobsters, radicalized them and now we have "Allahu Lobsta'" moving into Swedish coastal waters.

Nowhere is safe.

[john]

Indians in Panama Papers list: Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, KP Singh, Iqbal Mirchi, Adani elder brother

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/panama-papers-list-amitabh-bachchan-kp-singh-aishwarya-rai-iqbal-mirchi-adani-brother/

[john]

I will try to find a searchable database for the names as this plays into what Barb and I have been looking into. Will post as soon as I can find one.

Outside of that those durn Lobsta must've been trained in Kennebunkport… That was funny as hell DB!

[john]

Mossack Fonseca…

http://www.marketvisual.com/Search/Results?searchString=Mossack+Fonseca

Search Professionals by Name, Company or Title:
Person # of Relationships Title Compay
Eyra Michelle Perdomo Ballesteros 15 CORPORATE LAWYER Mossack Fonseca & Co
Eyra Michelle Perdomo Ballesteros 15 Corporations Officer [Past] Mossack Fonseca & Co
Eyra Michelle Perdomo Ballesteros 15 MANAGING DIRECTOR MOSSACK FONSECA & CO (B V I) Ltd
Lucy Sutcliffe 14 Legal Intern [Past] Mossack Fonseca & Co
Juan Pablo Gonzalez Herrera 11 Comtroller Analyst [Past] Mossack Fonseca & Co
Brenda Fuster 10 EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CEO [Past] Mossack Fonseca & Co
Julio Ortega Molina 8 Lawyer International Company Registrations RM Group MOSSACK FONSECA & CO
Ian Pelayo 8 COMPANY SECRETARY TPS CORPORATE SERVICES Pte LTD MOSSACK FONSECA & CO
Brian Bian 7 PROMOTER Mossack Fonseca & Co
Charles Holloway 7 CONSULTANT [Past] Mossack Fonseca & Co Panama City Panama
Eduardo Fonseca 5 COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Mossack Fonseca & Co
Tabitha Martel 5 Client Relations Coordinator Mossack Fonseca & Co
Tabitha Martel 5 Sales Operations [Past] Mossack Fonseca & Co
Jurgen Rolf Dieter H 1 PARTNER MOSSACK FONSECA & CO Ltd
Richard Hansen 1 PARTNER MOSSACK FONSECA COMPANY B V I Ltd

[john]

BINGO! stay tuned….

[john]

Slovenia's Delo newspaper says that according to documents it analyzed so far, at least 78 Slovenian companies and 74 Slovenian individuals are reportedly associated with companies set up through Mossack Fonseca.
It said Monday Slovenian UPC Consulting Group is one of the key Slovenian clients of the Panama-based consulting firm for registration of companies in tax havens. UPC has helped Slovenians and some other nationals register at least 17 companies, Delo writes.
Delo says that according to the documents, among the companies UPC helped register, all but one were set up in Anguilla, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, where there are virtually no taxes. Delo did not give names of the companies nor the individuals.
UPC denied that that tax laws were violated in either Slovenia or elsewhere.

[john]

UPC Slovenia is associated with Liberty Media, (US) . John Malone is top dog.

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2013/09/13/liberty-in-the-frame-for-united-group-slovenian-re-entry/

[john]

Editor of Süddeutsche Zeitung responded to the lack of U.S. individuals in the documents, saying "Just wait for what is coming next"

[DailyBail]

Can't wait for the details on the U.S. elite to start trickling out. It's gonna be a shitshow.

Popcorn at the ready.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsMpxczieQs

[john]

Updated Mossac Fonseca files.

https://cryptome.org/pp-mf/pp-mf-tally.htm