They were set up to receive racing and endorsement income.” “The Pandora Papers show he had offshore companies set up in zero-tax jurisdictions from the start of his career, back in 1992. The news reports have been published by the ICIJ and its media partners in the Pandora investigation, including The Washington Post, the BBC, The Guardian, Radio France and the Indian Express.įormula 1 figures implicated in the saga include former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, his confidante and former F1 team boss Flavio Briatore, Aston Martin’s billionaire owner Lawrence Stroll, and 1997 F1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve.ĬBC report that “Villeneuve lived a life of luxury in Monaco and Switzerland during most of his racing career, but lived in Quebec for a period in the 1990s and from 2007 to 2013. It did not say how the files were obtained, and Reuters could not independently verify the allegations or documents detailed by the consortium. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a Washington D.C.-based network of reporters and media organizations, said the files are linked to about 35 current and former national leaders, and more than 330 politicians, and public officials in 91 countries and territories. The news organizations of the ICIJ described the document leak as their most expansive exposé of financial secrecy yet, containing documents, images, emails, and spreadsheets from 14 financial service companies in nations including Panama, Switzerland, and the UAE.Ī massive leak of financial documents was published by several major news organizations on Sunday that allegedly tie world leaders to secret stores of wealth, including King Abdullah of Jordan, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, and associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Yesterday, 3 October, over 130 billionaires were exposed by the Pandora Papers, through 11.9 million leaked documents (comprising 2.9 terabytes of data) published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) beginning on 3 October 2021, while detailing how money was hidden by the wealthy in ways that law enforcement agencies could not detect. Among those allegedly involved were Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore, Jacques Villeneuve and Lawrence Stroll.
Several big Formula 1 names have been exposed by the Pandora Papers for what amounts to tax dodging.
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