* Pandora Papers show Tony and Cherie Blair bought London office via offshore account
* Files were obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
* King of Jordan secretly bought £70million worth of property in the US and UK
* Many transactions show no legal wrongdoing but expose how the UK has failed in its promise to bring in a register of offshore property owners
The secret offshore wealth of more than 300 world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest ever leaks of financial data. Dubbed the Pandora Papers, the documents show how 35 current and former world leaders - including associates of Vladimir Putin - used accounts in tax havens to accrue huge amounts of wealth and carry out transactions.
The files consist of 12 million documents from 14 financial services companies in countries including the British Virgin Islands, Panama, Belize, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Switzerland.
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WNU Editor: Here are the key findings .... Key revelations from the Pandora Papers (AFP). More here .... Key findings from the Pandora Papers investigation (Washington Post).
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Pandora Papers: King of Jordan amassed £70m secret property empire -- BBC
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