Paradise Papers
This cache of 13.4 million documents tumbled out 18 months after Panama Papers: both sets of data were obtained by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and were investigated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) working in partnership with 96 news organisations. In India, The Indian Express, just as it did with the Panama Papers, investigated these records for over 10 months to come up with the India list. Here are the stories:
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New offshore records reveal several Indian firms tapped Mauritius route to save on taxes
The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) was signed between India and Mauritius in 1982. Under this, any entity could apply for tax residency and pay zero capital gains tax. This became the principal reason why Mauritius emerged as a top channel for investments being routed into India.
Lucknow, Mumbai and Chennai: First prosecutions filed in Paradise Papers
After the release of the Paradise Papers, the Finance Ministry announced that details of offshore holdings of 714 Indians named would be investigated by the Multi Agency Group which was set up after publication of the Panama Papers in April 2016.
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Paradise challenge
Message for corporates, government: Secrecy has a cost, tax laws need to be simpler.
Express-OCCRP report: Indians who have ties to tax havens are linked to prime real estate in Dubai
According to Indian laws, it is not illegal for Indians to own property in Dubai. As per the Foreign Exchange Management Act of 1999, resident and non-resident Indians are allowed to own immovable properties abroad.
Indians probed by govt agencies are linked to high-end real estate in Dubai
Of the 129,000 entries in the Dubai database from 181 countries, those of Indians form a sizeable chunk with 5,800 linked to properties in top sites such as the Palm Jumeirah, The World, Motor City, Emirates Living, Dubai Marina, Burj Dubai, Old Town Island.
Paradise Papers: I-T sleuths raid Jalandhar businessman’s properties
The raids, led by additional director of I-T in Ludhiana Ritesh Parmar, began Wednesday night and continued on Thursday. Around 15 teams of income tax department carried out the raids at different places in Jalandhar and Ludhiana.
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Paradise Papers: First set of Income Tax summons go out
Officials said the first set of summons with specific questions for each were sent in end-November.
Facebook can't regulate self, ensure data privacy: Ex-employee
A former Facebook employee believes that the social media giant should not be asked to regulate its own data privacy, as it would not be able to do so.
Paradise Papers: Kundra family trust silent on source of money invested in India via Bahamas-Mauritius
Ripu Sudan Kundra alias Raj Kundra and his parents used a layered offshore trust-company structure to channel EUR 2 million to pick up direct and indirect interests in two companies each in India and UK
Paradise Papers: Turkish man with Gaddafi past and India link
Appleby records show his links to a group of companies under the name “Tridevi” and incorporated almost simultaneously in 2009 in Mauritius and Seychelles to invest in India’s oil and gas sector.
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Paradise Papers index: Here are all the stories
Paradise Papers, a cache of 13.4 million documents investigated by The Indian Express, reveals how two firms Bermuda’s Appleby and Singapore’s Asiaciti Trust helped the global rich and powerful move their money abroad.
Paradise Papers: Here are the Indians on the list
Here are names of prominent Indians that figure in the #ParadisePapers investigation.
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Paradise Papers: The India Story
The biggest leak ever of financial data revealed names of 714 Indians in the tally. Among the 180 countries represented in the data, India ranks 19th in terms of the number of names. The Indian Express team investigated records for over 100 Indian names and entities over a period of 10 months. A bulk of […]
How Did The Indian Express Investigate The Paradise Papers?
The Paradise Papers is the fourth collaborative investigation into offshore and banking assets done by The Indian Express with the ICIJ. Among the 180 countries represented in the data, India ranks 19th in terms of the number of names. In all, there are 714 Indians in the tally. A trove of 13.4 million corporate records, […]
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Paradise Papers: What The Investigation Reveals About The Indian Corporates In Secret Tax Havens
The biggest leak ever of financial data revealed names of 714 Indians in the tally. Among the 180 countries represented in the data, India ranks 19th in terms of the number of names. The Indian Express team investigated records for over 100 Indian names and entities over a period of 10 months. A bulk of […]
What are Paradise Papers?
Paradise Papers is a new cache of 13.4 million documents that expose how the rich and the powerful took advantage of and, in many cases, misused the tax havens. This leak that comes 18 months after the Panama Papers is the largest ever leak of financial data.
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