He was often referred to by the Western media as the "wallet" of Putin's personal wealth.Ī total of 35 current and former world leaders have been targeted by the latest leak of financial documents, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie are among the big names. They reportedly "saved" 434.000 dollars in taxes when they bought an office in the heart of London by buying an offshore company that owned it.Īlso, King Abdullah II of Jordan, who has 94.8 million dollars of secret wealth in accounts in Britain and the United States, primarily in Malibu, California, London and Ascot, dealt with suspicious transactions. Judging by the files, the British government failed to fulfill its promise and stand in the way of unhindered transactions on offshore accounts. It is feared that these transactions were used for money laundering or tax evasion. However, the Royal Family said briefly that such a practice of using offshore financial services was nothing new or illegal, and that people with a lot of money had been doing it since time immemorial. The release of the documents could not have come at a worse time for Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who is facing elections next week, and who was revealed not to have reported owning two offshore investment companies which he used to buy two villas worth 16.2 million dollars in the south of France. Although it was known that he was one of the richest Czechs, he still did not need that kind of financial disclosure at this moment, the Guardian estimated. On the other hand, Babis called the leak of information about his suspicious financial transactions a conspiracy against him, which had been designed so that he would lose the parliamentary elections on 8 and 9 October.
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