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The Paradise Papers are a set of 13.4 million documents relating to offshore investment. Among those whose financial affairs are mentioned are Queen Elizabeth II, and the last two US Secretaries of Commerce: Penny Pritzker and Wilbur Ross. The documents were made public by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in collaboration with Süddeutsche Zeitung. These same two organizations had earlier published the Panama Papers in 2016 from the 2.6 terabytes of data sent by John Doe.

The papers include records from an offshore law firm Appleby, although the company has released a statement stating there has been "no evidence of wrongdoing".

People mentioned in the list are: Queen Elizabeth II, Bono, former Prime Ministers of Canada: Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, and Brian Mulroney, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, economic advisor Gary Cohn, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, son-in-law of Vladimir Putin, Madonna, Paul Allen, President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Carlos Slim, Chancellor of Austria Alfred Gusenbauer, Prince Charles, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama, President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Shakira, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz, and sons of Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yıldırım.

Companies also mentioned were Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, EBay, Glencore, Uber, Nike, Walmart, Allianz, Siemens, McDonald's and Yahoo.

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  • Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, April 2010

    Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is listed in the Paradise Papers

  • Amitabh Bachchan December 2013

    Actor Amitabh Bachchan is listed in the Paradise Papers

  • Yukio Hatoyama 20090904 1

    Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama

  • Bono WEF 2008

    Bono is named in the papers

  • Lord Sassoon, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, at 'Planning for Infrastructure and Growth How to ensure London’s place in the global economy'

    Lord Sassoon president of the international Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering

  • Secretary Tillerson and Ukrainian President Poroshenko Shake Hands Before Their Meeting in Washington (34621629283)

    Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

  • Jean Chrétien 2010

    Former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien

  • Wilbur Ross - 2017

    The leaked documents revealed that Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross holds stakes in businesses connected to sanctioned Russian oligarchs, which he did not disclose during his confirmation hearings.

  • Juan Manuel Santos Calderón - World Economic Forum on Latin America 2010

    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos

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