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Pandora Papers har skabt stor vrede blandt borgerne i Latinamerika

A combination of file pictures created on October 4, 2021 shows Dominican Republic new President Luis Abinader (L) delivering a speech after being sworn-in during his inauguration ceremony at the National Congress in Santo Domingo, on August 16, 2020, Ecuadorean newly sworn-in President Guillermo Lasso (C), looking on during his inauguration at the National Assembly in Quito, on May 24, 2021 in a handout picture released by the National Assembly, and Chile's President Sebastian Pinera during the promulgation of the law that postpones for five weeks the elections of mayors, governors and constituents initially scheduled for April 10 and 11, at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on April 6, 2021 in a handout picture released by the Chilean Presidency. - Abinader, Lasso and Pinera on October 4, 2021 denied any wrongdoing after they were named in the "Pandora Papers" media investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) exposing world leaders' use of tax havens. Although holding assets offshore or using shell companies is not illegal in most countries, the revelations have proved embarrassing for the world leaders named in the leaks. (Photo by various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ECUADOR'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY & CHILE'S PRESIDENCY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Foto: Orlando Barria, Alex Ibanez, -/Ritzau Scanpix
A combination of file pictures created on October 4, 2021 shows Dominican Republic new President Luis Abinader (L) delivering a speech after being sworn-in during his inauguration ceremony at the National Congress in Santo Domingo, on August 16, 2020, Ecuadorean newly sworn-in President Guillermo Lasso (C), looking on during his inauguration at the National Assembly in Quito, on May 24, 2021 in a handout picture released by the National Assembly, and Chile's President Sebastian Pinera during the promulgation of the law that postpones for five weeks the elections of mayors, governors and constituents initially scheduled for April 10 and 11, at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on April 6, 2021 in a handout picture released by the Chilean Presidency. - Abinader, Lasso and Pinera on October 4, 2021 denied any wrongdoing after they were named in the "Pandora Papers" media investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) exposing world leaders' use of tax havens. Although holding assets offshore or using shell companies is not illegal in most countries, the revelations have proved embarrassing for the world leaders named in the leaks. (Photo by various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ECUADOR'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY & CHILE'S PRESIDENCY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Foto: Orlando Barria, Alex Ibanez, -/Ritzau Scanpix
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3 nuværende præsidenter, 11 tidligere, 90 politikere på højt niveau, religiøse ledere, kendte kunstnere samt sportsfolk og endda direktøren for Brasiliens centralbank.

Det er bare nogle af de 6.288 latinamerikanere, der optræder på listen over magtfulde og velhavende mennesker, der har sendt deres penge i skattely og nu er blevet afsløret af journalisterne bag Pandora Papers. Ikke færre end 14 ud af de 35 præsidenter eller ekspræsidenter, som dokumenterne omtaler, kommer fra Latinamerika.

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