Panama Papers »: the US, the great absent from the revelations
From China to Russia and Britain, the disclosures of Panama Papers expose an army from political and other personalities across the world, but so far exclude the leading player of the global financial system, the United States.
Only one handful of Americans included persons have transferred their assets in tax havens and offshore companies with the help of law firm Mossack Fonceca.
David Geffen, magnate of the film studio Dreamworks music industry and co-founded with Steven Spielberg refers to Panama Papers, where, however, no great American fish political, tycoon or large bank-is not tied to the scandal.
"There are many Americans, but is only ordinary individuals, said to AFP Marina Walker Guevara, the Deputy Director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which has coordinated investigative journalism on 11.5 million leaked files.
Therefore, the United States is the white dove of financial transparency? In no case. "This does not mean that the country is excluded from the offshore system. Indeed is an important player, "answered Marina Walker Guevara.
The absence in Panama Papers explained in principle by a reluctance of Americans to turn to a distant and Spanish-speaking country, the time that is most convenient options available.
"Americans have many tax havens to choose ..." says Nicolas Saxon, "tax havens. Research on the disastrous consequences of neoliberal financial system. "
The Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, and neighboring English-speaking tax havens immediately come to mind as likely choices for Americans. But in fact, Americans who want to keep hidden their activities, need not be removed from their country.
States such as Delaware and Wyoming also offer the possibility of creating, for a few hundred dollars, shell companies without having to reveal who is really behind them.
Worse, the US banks are required while "know their customers", but can bypass this requirement and to open an account in the name of an offshore company, providing complete privacy for the real owners.
From China to Russia and Britain, the disclosures of Panama Papers expose an army from political and other personalities across the world, but so far exclude the leading player of the global financial system, the United States.
Only one handful of Americans included persons have transferred their assets in tax havens and offshore companies with the help of law firm Mossack Fonceca.
David Geffen, magnate of the film studio Dreamworks music industry and co-founded with Steven Spielberg refers to Panama Papers, where, however, no great American fish political, tycoon or large bank-is not tied to the scandal.
"There are many Americans, but is only ordinary individuals, said to AFP Marina Walker Guevara, the Deputy Director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which has coordinated investigative journalism on 11.5 million leaked files.
Therefore, the United States is the white dove of financial transparency? In no case. "This does not mean that the country is excluded from the offshore system. Indeed is an important player, "answered Marina Walker Guevara.
The absence in Panama Papers explained in principle by a reluctance of Americans to turn to a distant and Spanish-speaking country, the time that is most convenient options available.
"Americans have many tax havens to choose ..." says Nicolas Saxon, "tax havens. Research on the disastrous consequences of neoliberal financial system. "
The Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, and neighboring English-speaking tax havens immediately come to mind as likely choices for Americans. But in fact, Americans who want to keep hidden their activities, need not be removed from their country.
States such as Delaware and Wyoming also offer the possibility of creating, for a few hundred dollars, shell companies without having to reveal who is really behind them.
Worse, the US banks are required while "know their customers", but can bypass this requirement and to open an account in the name of an offshore company, providing complete privacy for the real owners.
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