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Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
I would like to see the shell companies set up by Shell

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Blistex
Oct 30, 2003

Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

Simstim posted:

also how come no american businesses or power elite have been caught up in this?

If you are a certain level of rich in America, you don't need to pay taxes (or at least any appreciable amount), therefore you don't really need to worry about shell corporations and offshore accounts.

raton
Jul 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

Mange Mite posted:

shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech


lol

Mariana Horchata
Jun 30, 2008

College Slice
i would like to see lots of american bankers esp ones who had a major role in loving the economy go to prison and never be able to obtain work in banking/finance ever again but im not holding my breath

Philosopher King
Oct 25, 2006
but there aren't any americans, why should i as an american care?

Fiend
Dec 2, 2001
way to catch the criminals America!

ArbitraryC
Jan 28, 2009
Pick a number, any number
Pillbug

tenspott posted:

I know it's hard to believe, but Americans have relatively strong laws regarding finances, along with low power distance and a well established reporting system. The repercussions for Americans are very real and the mechanisms for stopping this are very sound compared to banana republics, former Soviet States, and other backwater shitholes like Iceland or whatever.

heck you don't even have to move your money offshore to not pay taxes in the land of the free, plenty of major corporations pay less than individual citizens.

Gay Horney
Feb 10, 2013

by Reene
It's really insane that you expect any one to give a gently caress

Grandmaster.flv
Jun 24, 2011
WATCH TRUMP START A loving WAR

Maldoror
Oct 5, 2003

by R. Guyovich
Nap Ghost
Guys, I just checked CNN, there's no mention of "Panama Papers" anywhere.

It's fake.

Probably an April Fools.

Good one! :)

TheMostFrench
Jul 12, 2009

Stop for me, it's the claw!



origami posted:

WATCH TRUMP START A loving WAR

Looking forward to seeing him implicated and people still not giving a gently caress - that or congratulating him on his astute business sense.

extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR

Maldoror posted:

Guys, I just checked CNN, there's no mention of "Panama Papers" anywhere.

It's fake.

Probably an April Fools.

Good one! :)

bernie sanders winning 6 of the last 7 states by an average vote of something like 75 percent must also be another one of these unconfirmed by CNN hoaxes

plain blue jacket
Jan 13, 2014

IT DOESN'T STOP
IT NEVER STOPS
I'm really cool and think this is stupid

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Mariana Horchata posted:

i would like to see lots of american bankers esp ones who had a major role in loving the economy go to prison and never be able to obtain work in banking/finance ever again but im not holding my breath

right after that happens rainbows and unicorns and some poo poo you get my point

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

inb4 nothing comes of it because the only people who have the power to do something about it are the criminals themselves

henpod
Mar 7, 2008

Sir, we have located the Bioweapon.
College Slice
So far the most entertaining this from this is the Icelandic PM being caught with his pants down so publicly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx7c8huezqY

Once the guy asks him about the papers you can see how he is saying 'oh poo poo, oh poo poo' in his head.

Blunderstorm
Mar 1, 2016

my grandfather just posts and all i got was this lousy joke, so what

henpod posted:

So far the most entertaining this from this is the Icelandic PM being caught with his pants down so publicly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx7c8huezqY

Once the guy asks him about the papers you can see how he is saying 'oh poo poo, oh poo poo' in his head.

I love that smug look on that fuckers face after he asks if the pm personally has any offshore accounts lmao

Ren and Stimpire
Oct 28, 2013

Fun Shoe
You know you thought of this, you know you want to click play:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-NshzYK9y0

Fushigi Yuugi fansub
Jan 20, 2007

BUTT STUFF
i actually didn't think of that

Hardawn
Mar 15, 2004

Don't look at the sun, but rather what it illuminates
College Slice

Nauta posted:

i actually didn't think of that

Me either, but it's fitting? Maybe double think to superbad and the cops torching their ride. I think we are almost to spandex level of fitting now, if I'm thinking about it.

johnny almond
Apr 20, 2009
Someone confirm if Zuckerberg/Facebook are implicated, I ain't seeing Panama Papers on my trending list on FB.

free hubcaps
Oct 12, 2009

jesus christ 2.6 terabytes? i assume its mostly text documents right? itll be decades before anyone sifts through it all

THE PWNER
Sep 7, 2006

by merry exmarx
on in video games journalism

Dinosaurmageddon
Jul 7, 2007

by zen death robot
Hell Gem
When it rains, it pours. I feel like an info-breach of this caliber is bound to contain transaction records implicating high-ranking members of sovereign states.

I'm even more certain this is gonna cast ripples of unease throughout the United States' political systems, especially with an election coming on.

edit: anyone have the :filez: by now? I'm looking for more info on the gamefaqs spinoff luelinks "ETI"

Dinosaurmageddon fucked around with this message at 12:29 on Apr 4, 2016

treasured8elief
Jul 25, 2011

Salad Prong

Dinosaurmageddon posted:

When it rains, it pours. I feel like an info-breach of this caliber is bound to contain transaction records implicating high-ranking members of sovereign states.

I'm even more certain this is gonna cast ripples of unease throughout the United States' political systems, especially with an election coming on.
With hundreds and hundreds of shell corporations found in Florida, Nevada, and Wyoming, I think so too.

I dont think Australian details have been released either, but we do know they already have almost 1000 Australians implicated

quote:

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) said it was investigating more than 800 wealthy clients of Mossack Fonseca.

barbecue at the folks
Jul 20, 2007


The journos at Süddeutsche Zeitung, when asked about the lack of reveals about Americans, only said "Just you wait." I'm pretty sure there's a shitstorm a-brewing and it's gonna hit right in the middle of election season :getin:

proctorbot
Jan 27, 2005
BUT CAN IT FEEL??!?!
someonce ctrl-f "clinton" on the whole leak and let me know what comes up, thanks

tater_salad
Sep 15, 2007


TheMostFrench posted:

Looking forward to seeing him implicated and people still not giving a gently caress - that or congratulating him on his astute business sense.

But then him railing on Clinton for loving over America by hiding taxes and making poo poo in China in stead of America like is suits.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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proctorbot posted:

someonce ctrl-f "clinton" on the whole leak and let me know what comes up, thanks

nothing on clinton but sanders molested a teenager back in '96

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
i challenge anyone to find anything wrong with sex slavery :colbert:

the Pixies fukken SUCKED
Jul 16, 2003

Figure 2 in a series of 3

Robo Reagan posted:

nothing will come of this

p.much, at least until we have the french revolution in the usa and start guillotining random wall street hedge fund managers in the streets

Tinestram
Jan 13, 2006

Excalibur? More like "Needle"

Grimey Drawer

tenspott posted:

I know it's hard to believe, but Americans have relatively strong laws regarding finances, along with low power distance and a well established reporting system. The repercussions for Americans are very real and the mechanisms for stopping this are very sound compared to banana republics, former Soviet States, and other backwater shitholes like Iceland or whatever.

It's not "hard" to believe, it's impossible to believe. That's like saying "it's hard to believe, but the Earth is actually 10 feet away from the sun." There's simply too much evidence to the contrary to make it even remotely believable. It doesn't even pass the laugh test.

e: Poe's Law? I'm never sure anymore.

EvilJoven
Mar 18, 2005

NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?
Fun Shoe

Melchior posted:

p.much, at least until we have the french revolution in the usa and start guillotining random wall street hedge fund managers in the streets

Not gonna happen until the US population is too broke to have the time and money to watch poo poo on cable.

If that day comes though it's gonna be awesome.

GORDON
Jan 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

runupon cracker posted:

It's not "hard" to believe, it's impossible to believe. That's like saying "it's hard to believe, but the Earth is actually 10 feet away from the sun." There's simply too much evidence to the contrary to make it even remotely believable. It doesn't even pass the laugh test.

e: Poe's Law? I'm never sure anymore.

The laws are there, the people enforcing the laws are susceptible to bribery, err, "campaign donations."

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot

Rasta_Al posted:

What if 4chan rallies behind Jackie Chan? #4chan4chan

well if jackie chan is involved it can't be that bad.

Mercrom
Jul 17, 2009

runupon cracker posted:

It's not "hard" to believe, it's impossible to believe. That's like saying "it's hard to believe, but the Earth is actually 10 feet away from the sun." There's simply too much evidence to the contrary to make it even remotely believable. It doesn't even pass the laugh test.

e: Poe's Law? I'm never sure anymore.
nah its just that when it comes to white collar crime the american government just decides to provide a better service and compete the criminal organizations out of business

tenspott
Aug 1, 2002

by FactsAreUseless

runupon cracker posted:

It's not "hard" to believe, it's impossible to believe. That's like saying "it's hard to believe, but the Earth is actually 10 feet away from the sun." There's simply too much evidence to the contrary to make it even remotely believable. It doesn't even pass the laugh test.

e: Poe's Law? I'm never sure anymore.

Poe's Law? Nah, you're just dumb. If you don't think the laws in the USA are stronger and more widely enforced than the laws in say, Uganda, you're an idiot.

Woden
May 6, 2006

tenspott posted:

Poe's Law? Nah, you're just dumb. If you don't think the laws in the USA are stronger and more widely enforced than the laws in say, Uganda, you're an idiot.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-27/the-world-s-favorite-new-tax-haven-is-the-united-states

Ben Smash
Aug 22, 2005

LARDROOM
Grimey Drawer
I don't think it's that we're surprised so much as excited to watch this poo poo storm wash over the world during the American election season. With any luck it destroys most presidential candidates, sitting congressmen, bankers, federal regulators and the wealthy.

Eat the rich. Arm the poor.

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ymgve
Jan 2, 2004


:dukedog:
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Anthrovore posted:

jesus christ 2.6 terabytes? i assume its mostly text documents right? itll be decades before anyone sifts through it all

scanned PDFs mostly I bet which explains the huge size

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