Find out what are the Pandora Papers and the list of the names of the people listed in it from Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti to Sachin Tendulkar
A total of 11.9 million files have been recently leaked linking 14 global corporate firms which have set up around 29,000 off shore companies for money laundering and tax fraud. The Pandora Papers are a follow up report from the same group of journalists who released the infamous Panama Papers. Pandora Papers also happen to be bigger leak than the Panama Papers.
The Papers reveal how the rich people set up organizations with the motive of evading taxes. Setting up offshore companies is not illegal by any means but their purpose and motive for the same was to run away from financial sanctions.
Pandora Papers Scandal Explained: List of the people whose names have surfaced
The names listed on the Pandora Papers have sent shockwaves around the world with the names listed on it. Many politicians, head of governments and other celebrities have been listed. All these people have managed to evade taxes and also commit financial crimes. Reputations of many prominent people listed will be tarnished if they are found guilty. With that being said take a look at the list:
Heads of state
- Jordan Abdullah II, King of Jordan
- Dominican Republic Luis Abinader, President of the Dominican Republic
- Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
- Montenegro Milo Đukanović, President of Montenegro
- Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya
- Ecuador Guillermo Lasso, President of Ecuador
- Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon[
- Chile Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile
- Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo[8]
- Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar
- Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine
- Colombia Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vice President of Colombia
Ministers
- Mexico Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal, Secretary of Communications and Transport
- Brazil Paulo Guedes, Minister of the Economy
- Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra, Minister of Finance and Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
- Pakistan Shaukat Tarin, Finance Minister of Pakistan
- Pakistan Moonis Elahi, Minister for Water Resources
- Also from Pakistan Raja Nadir Pervez, Former Minister for Interior of Pakistan
- Malta John Dalli, Former Maltese Minister and EU Commissioner
- Philippines Arthur Tugade, incumbent Secretary of Transportation
- Malaysia Daim Zainuddin, former Minister of Finance and Chief of the Council of Eminent Persons
- Serbia Siniša Mali, Minister of Finance and former Mayor of Belgrade
- Sri Lanka Nirupama Rajapaksa, former Deputy Minister of Water Supply & Drainage of Sri Lanka
- Pakistan Khan Arif Usmani, President National Bank of Pakistan
- Tunisia Mohsen Marzouk, Secretary-General of the Arab Democracy Foundation
- Colombia Ángela María Orozco, Minister of Transport.
Media
- Pakistan Mir Shakilur Rehman, Editor-in-chief of Jang Media Group
- Also from Pakistan Hameed Haroon, CEO Dawn Media Group
- Pakistan Sultan Ali Lakhani, CEO Express Media Group
- Pakistan Arif Nizami, deceased renowned journalist and editor of Pakistan Toda
Pandora Papers List Legislators
- Pakistani Sharjeel Memon, former member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from June 2008 to May 2018
- Pakistan Chaudhry Moonis Elahi, Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Pakistan Aleem Khan, Senior Minister of Punjab and Minister of Food, Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
- Israel Nir Barkat, former mayor of Jerusalem and current member of the Knesset
- Israel Haim Ramon – former Vice Prime Minister of Israel and former member of the Knesset
- Philippines The family of Win Gatchalian and Rex Gatchalian, Senator of the Philippines and current mayor of Valenzuela City
- Pakistan Faisal Vawda, former member of the National Assembly and Minister for Water Resources from August 2018 to March 2021, Presently member of the Senate
Politicians
- India Satish Sharma, former deceased member of the Union Cabinet in the Government of India
- China Qiya Feng, Delegate, Henan Province
- Honduras Nasry Asfura, current mayor of Tegucigalpa
- Honduras Ricardo Álvarez, current Vice President of Honduras and former mayor of Tegucigalpa
- Brazil Roberto Campos Neto, president of the Central Bank of Brazil
- Ecuador Jaime Durán Barba, consultant of former President of Argentina Mauricio Macri
- United Kingdom Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
- Argentina Zulema María Eva Menem, former First Lady of Argentina and daughter of former president of Argentina Carlos Menem
- Argentina Daniel Muñoz, secretary of former president of Argentina Néstor Kirchner
- Mexico Julio Scherer Ibarra [es], former advisor of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- Philippines Andres D. Bautista, former Chairman of the Commission on Elections and Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government
- Philippines Rolando Gapud, businessman and former associate of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos
- Philippines Dennis Uy, businessman, Honorary Consul of the Philippines to Kazakhstan
- France Aymeric Chauprade, former member of the European Parliament
- Colombia Lisandro Junco Riveira, chairman of National Directorate of Taxes and Customs
- Colombia Guillermo Botero, ambassador of Colombia in Chile and former minister of Defence
- Also from Colombia Luis Diego Monsalve, ambassador of Colombia in China
Royalty
- Morocco Lalla Hasnaa, Princess of Morocco
- Jordan Abdullah II, King of Jordan
Business people
- India Anil Ambani – Indian businessperson
- India John Shaw – Indian businessperson
- Also from India Nirav Modi – Indian businessperson
- Pakistan Javed Afridi – Owner of the Peshawar Zalmi franchise, Pakistani business executive and entrepreneur.
- Mexico María Asunción Aramburuzabala, Mexican businessperson
- Mexico Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco, Mexican businessperson
- Australia Graeme Briggs – founder of the Asiaciti Trust
- China Du Shuanghua, Chinese Billionaire
- Montenegro Aco Đukanović, Montenegrin businessperson
- Montenegro Blažo Đukanović, Montenegrin businessperson
- Brazil Antonio Jose, vulgo Pai, Construction Tycoon
- Israel Beny Steinmetz – Israeli businessperson
- Mexico Olegario Vázquez Aldir, Mexican businessperson
- Japan Masayoshi Son, Japanese billionaire technology entrepreneur
- Philippines The Aboitiz family, Philippine businesspersons
- Philippines Joselito Campos, Jr., son of Jose Yao Campos, Philippine businessperson
- From Philippines Helen Dee, daughter of Alfonso Yuchengco, Philippine businessperson and banker
- Philippines The Gaisano family, Philippine businesspersons
- From Philippines Oscar Hilado, Philippine businessperson
- Philippines The Tantoco family, Philippine businesspersons
- From Philippines The Wenceslao family, Philippine businesspersons
- Philippines Enrique K. Razon, Philippine businessperson
- Philippines The estate of Henry Sy, including Teresita Sy-Coson and his other children, Philippine businesspersons
- United Kingdom Mohamed Amersi, British businessperson
- Colombia Alejandro Santo Domingo, Colombian businessperson
- Colombia Luis Carlos Sarmiento, Colombian businessperson
- Colombian Isaac, Jaime and Gabriel Gilinski, Colombian businesspersons
- Colombia Eduardo Pacheco Cortés, Colombian businessperson
- From Colombia The Barberi family, Colombian businesspersons
- Colombia The Echavarría family, Colombian businesspersons.
Pandora Papers List Sports And Other
- Argentina Ángel Di María, Argentine football player
- Italy Carlo Ancelotti, Italian football manager
- United Kingdom Elton John, British singer
- United Kingdom Ringo Starr, British drummer and former member of The Beatles
- Germany Denmark Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, German-born Danish princess and entrepreneur
- Germany Claudia Schiffer, German model
- Spain Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer
- South Korea Lee Soo-man, South Korean record executive and record producer
- Spain Miguel Bosé, Spanish singer
- Spain Pep Guardiola, Spanish football manager
- Colombia Shakira, Colombian singer
- Sweden Swedish House Mafia, Swedish house music group
- India Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
This is a partial list and further names are still awaited. It is said that more than 300 Indian individuals have been listed in the Pandora Papers. Including personalities like Anil Ambani, Satish Sharma and Nirav Modi.
Even celebrities and sports personalities like Sachin Tendular, Shakira, Angel Di Maria, Carlo Ancelotti (Manager of Real Madrid) and Pep Guardiola (Manger of Manchester City) have been listed.
Further information is still awaited and it would be hoped that investigation is done. Indian government has ordered a multi agency investigation for all the Indian mentioned on the list. Further revelations will be made soon.
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