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When the first three leaders named are the top 3 enemies/adversaries of the US/Britain - Putin, Xi and Assad - my own little conspiracy canary started chirping.

And the Icelandic PM? The one who really annoyed Britain by defaulting on their debts?

Makes me wonder who orchestrated the leak.



  When the first three leaders named are the top 3 enemies/adversaries
  of the US/Britain - Putin, Xi and Assad - my own little conspiracy
  canary started chirping.
Is the leak because they are adversaries, or are they adversaries (at least in part) because they are the sorts of people who would participate in the leaked behavior?



https://panamapapers.icij.org/20160403-panama-papers-global-...

> In 2013, U.K. leader David Cameron urged his country’s overseas territories — including the British Virgin Islands — to work with him to “get our own houses in order” and join the fight against tax evasion and offshore secrecy.

> He could have looked no further than his late father to see how challenging that would be.

> Ian Cameron, a stockbroker and multimillionaire, was a Mossack Fonseca client who used the law firm to shield his investment fund, Blairmore Holdings, Inc., from U.K. taxes.

I doubt it was anyone related to David Cameron if that is what you are thinking. ;)


The USG have wanted tax reform for ages now. There's also no American mentioned (yet) which is very conspiracy-ey.


They are largely US based and want to verify rather than risk being sued for livel. Give it a month.


The information about Cameron's father pretty much came out already 4 years ago (already after his father was dead), so not like this personal link hurts Cameron a lot more with the current list of names.


Likely a disgruntled employee, same as all the rest.


Kim of North Korea or late Chavez aren't mentioned either. Is that because they are friends of the US/Britain?


Yet for some reason you never question Wikileaks leaks despite the fact that they never target Russia or China.




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