Secret wealth and dealings of world leaders exposed

[GeordieGirl]

 

The secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents.

Some 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 public officials are featured in the files from offshore companies, dubbed the Pandora Papers.

 

Among others: 

The leaked financial documents show how the King of Jordan secretly amassed a property empire in the UK and US worth more than £70m (over $100m).

........ a network of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and other tax havens used by Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein to buy 15 homes since he assumed power in 1999.

 

Members of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's inner circle, including cabinet ministers and their families, secretly own companies and trusts holding millions of dollars.

Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family have secretly acquired UK property using offshore companies. The files show how the family - long accused of corruption in the European nation - bought 17 properties, including a £33m office block in London for the president's 11-year-old son Heydar Aliyev.

 

Even Tony and Cherie Blair have been mentioned though apparently what they did wasn't illegal, just hypocritical!!!!

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-58780465

 

Some eye watering amounts of money have been squirreled away because world leaders have taken advantage of offshore accounts and loopholes in the law while people barely exist in abject poverty. 

The corruption is mind boggling but continues to reinforce why this system so desperately needs to be gone.

[Sackedbysapp]

And yet people continue to worship politicians and celebrities.

but I’m sure in a few days this will be swept under the rug.