List of people named in the Panama Papers

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This is a partial list of people named in the Panama Papers as shareholders, directors and beneficiaries of offshore companies.[1] The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the full list of companies and individuals in the Panama Papers on 10 May 2016.[1] ICIJ published the following disclaimer with regard to the data provided: "There are legitimate uses for offshore companies, foundations and trusts. We do not intend to suggest or imply that any persons, companies or other entities included in the ICIJ Power Players interactive application have broken the law or otherwise acted improperly."[1] The disclosures "implicated at least 140 politicians from more than 50 countries" in tax evasion schemes.[2]

Countries with politicians, public officials or close associates implicated in the leak on April 15, 2016 (as of May 18, 2016)

Government officials

Current or former heads of state or government of their country as defined by their political position at the time of announcement, not whether the documents in the Papers relating to them coincided with their period of office.

Heads of state

Former heads of state

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri

Heads of government

Former heads of government

Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson left office in April 2016 following the Panama Papers revelations.

Other government officials

Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Argentina
Australia
Botswana
  • Ian Kirby, President of the Botswana Court of Appeal and former attorney general[1]
Brazil
Cambodia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
  • Bruno Itoua, Minister of Scientific Research and Technical Innovation and former chairman of the SNPC[1]
Ecuador
France
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India
Israel
Italy
Kenya
Lebanon
Malta
Netherlands
Nigeria
North Korea
Pakistan
Palestine
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Rwanda
  • Emmanuel Ndahiro, brigadier general and former chief of the National Intelligence and Security Services[48]
Saudi Arabia
Spain
José Manuel Soria
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Zambia

Relatives and associates of government officials

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, admitted on April 7, 2016, that he personally benefited from his late father's offshore investment fund disclosed in the leaked Panama Papers.[66]
Azerbaijan
Canada
China
Ecuador
Egypt
France
Ghana
Guinea
Ireland
India
According to the leaked papers, Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan who works in Bollywood, was a director of four shipping firms set up in the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas.[74]
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Pakistan
Philippines
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Syria
United Kingdom
United Nations

Non-government officials/organizations

International Federation of Association Football

Michel Platini
Persons associated with the world governing body FIFA
Football team owners and executives
Football players
Lionel Messi
Andy Cole

Motorsports

Other sports

Media personalities

Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan
Pedro Almodovar
Simon Cowell

Business people

Bahamas
Canada
China
France
India
Mallika Srinivasan
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
Malaysia
  • Vishen Lakhiani, co-founder and CEO of Mindvalley, and author of The Code of the Extraordinary Mind[154]
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Spain
Sweden
 Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uzbekistan
  • Patokh Chodiev, Uzbek billionaire, oligarch; and two of his relatives, Alexander Machkevitch and Alijan Ibragimov[177]
Venezuela

Dual nationals

Non-governmental organizations

Organized crime

See also

References

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