A massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents has exposed
the secret offshore dealings of aides to Russian president Vladimir Putin,
world leaders and celebrities including Barcelona forward Lionel Messi.
Also revealed were
accounts linked to former Nigerian governor, James Ibori and the son of
former Ghanaian leader John Kuffour.
An investigation
into the documents by more than 100 media groups, described as one of the
largest such probes in history, revealed the hidden offshore dealings in the
assets of around 140 political figures.
The vast stash of
records was obtained from an anonymous source by German daily Sueddeutsche
Zeitung and shared with media worldwide by the International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
The documents, from
around 214,000 offshore entities covering almost 40 years, came from Mossack
Fonseca, a Panama-based law firm with offices in more than 35 countries.
Read on to see what they what they wrote on James Ibori
James
Ibori, governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta State from 1999 to 2007, pleaded
guilty in a London court in 2012 to conspiracy to defraud and money laundering
offenses. Ibori admitted using his position as governor to corruptly obtain and
divert up to $75 million out of Nigeria through a network of offshore
companies, although authorities alleged that the total amount he embezzled may
have exceeded $250 million. Ibori, who received a 13-year prison sentence, used
millions of dollars to support a lavish lifestyle that included six houses in
London and a fleet of Range Rovers, Bentleys and Mercedes. Read On
Wow!!
Source: TheGuardian.com/Panama Papers
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