What are the Pandora Papers?
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About this episode
What are the Pandora Papers? Thanks for asking! On October 3rd, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists began publishing leaked documents exposing the hidden assets of some of the world’s richest and most powerful people. Five years after the Panama Papers revelations, the latest investigation, carried out over two years, represents the biggest ever leak of offshore data, showing the global scale of tax evasion. In total 11.9 million documents were leaked, totalling 2.94 terabytes worth of data. It has been dubbed the Pandora Papers, evoking Pandora’s Box from Greek mythology, a jar containing the world’s evils. So who is implicated in the Pandora Papers leak? Did they actually do anything illegal? What’s different this time compared to previous leaks like the Paradise Papers and Panama Papers? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: What is degrowth? What is coolsculpting? What is a bore-out? A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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