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Corporate Media Gatekeepers Protect Western 1% from Panama Leak

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Re: Corporate Media Gatekeepers Protect Western 1% from Panama Leak

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Post by synchronise »

dbcooper wrote: post #55
Quanttek wrote: post #22

That article is bullshit. Yes, we can't access the raw data - true, but understandable. The editor in-chief of the SZ says they are still working on it and will expose more and more "in waves", often getting statements from the accused before or sharing it with law enforcement agencies. And no, they didn't focus on Russia or Assad, one of the main revelations was that three members of Iceland's government (PM, financ…

Standby for Australian news too ... Panama Papers: Tax office investigating 800 Australians identified in financial record leak >You can watch 'The Secrets of the Super Rich' on Four Corners on ABC TV at 8.30pm tonight. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-04/tax-office-investigati...

Makes me wonder if any current serving Australian politicians are gonna get caught up in this.

I've got my popcorn ready regardless.

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Post by BogusIKnow »

"There is no mention at all of use of Mossack Fonseca by massive western corporations or western billionaires – the main customers."

Such as strong claim ('main customers') would be nice to be substantiated.

Also the author needs to show the data is there.

If this is the map (linked in another comment), and it main customers were not cut out, then it doesn't look as it has a lot of e.g. US content.

https://briankilmartin.cartodb.com/viz/54ddb5c0-f80e-11e5-9a...

Re: Corporate Media Gatekeepers Protect Western 1% from Panama Leak

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Post by pudo »

Reality has a well-known liberal bias. Seriously: the data that was leaked is a formation agent that has it's clientele in specific places and focusses on a specific type of clients. That doesn't seem to include US senators, or, for example, senior officials from my home country, Germany.

I can assure you that the folks doing research on this have run both names from "Western" and "other" countries. They are some of the best and most independent-minded people I know (and yes, they do need a salary). Many are actually from non-Western countries, check out these three amazing folks who actually did the heavy lifting on much of the Russia stuff: http://krug.novayagazeta.ru/

The fact they ended up with more stories from developing economies may just be a bias in Mossack Fonsecas client base, or it may be indicative of who uses these services, or of the sophistication in distancing assets from their real owners. Don't know.

But it does make sense to consider that people who run countries under less-than-democratic circumstances and use state capture to extract personal and family wealth might have a greater need of offshore services. Political leaders in Europe, on the other hand, sometimes actually are almost as boring as they make themselves look in public.

(Disclaimer: working with one of the reporting centers, same as r3bl)

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Post by dredwerker »

aryehof wrote: post #67

I'm always left wondering when data is leaked or stolen, why the data wasn't encrypted at rest. Is it too hard or expensive to do so?

Possibly because it was a sysadmin that leaked it. It has to be decrypted at some point for people to see it.

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Post by acqq »

hendersoon wrote: post #49

Here's a map showing all entities mentioned in the Panama Papers. TONS in the west, including the US. https://briankilmartin.cartodb.com/viz/54ddb5c0-f80e-11e5-9a...

Where is your link from? Isn't that map based on the 2014 leaked data?

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Post by dredmorbius »

I'm calling B.S. on Mr. Murray's claims here. ICIJ provided a full searchable database of their prior documents trove. They're working with something immensely larger, and the story's less than 24 hours hold.

I'm just hoping that the mainstream media carry this. It's been awfully quiet on many fronts yet.

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Post by deepnet »

hendersoon wrote: post #29

It's only day 1, and the ICIJ has said they have at least 14 days of "major revelations" mapped out in advance. I expect we'll be seeing stories from the Panama Papers for months to come, spaced out for maximum impact, similarly to Snowden's leaks. If a month goes by and not a single story is contrary to american corporate interests, the author's position may be reasonably supportable. But day 1? Not a chance. They w…

UK PM David Cameron's father.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-...

Re: Corporate Media Gatekeepers Protect Western 1% from Panama Leak

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Post by B1FF_PSUVM »

pudo wrote: post #73

Reality has a well-known liberal bias. Seriously: the data that was leaked is a formation agent that has it's clientele in specific places and focusses on a specific type of clients. That doesn't seem to include US senators, or, for example, senior officials from my home country, Germany. I can assure you that the folks doing research on this have run both names from "Western" and "other" countries. They are some of…

> or of the sophistication in distancing assets from their real owners

My good man, I can assure you that our elites are impeccably candid.

They have been so since the days when they used to whiten their togas with chalk when running for office.

Practice makes perfect.

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