People involved in the infamous Panama Papers scandal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a partial list of people made and 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)
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.
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar,[1] is listed as owner of Afrodille S.A., which had a bank account in Luxembourg and shares in two South African companies. Al Thani also held a majority of the shares in Rienne S.A. and Yalis S.A., holding a term deposit with the Bank of China in Luxembourg. A relative owned 25% of these: Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatar's former prime minister and foreign minister.[3]
Marta Fernández-Pirla, number two of the Department of Economics at the City Council of Madrid, appointed by the ex-Mayoress, Ana Botella (resigned April 28 after being named).[66]
Gabrielle Fialkoff, director of the New York City Office of Strategic Partnerships in the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio and a former finance director of the 2000 U.S. Senate campaign committee of former First Lady Hillary Clinton[76]
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.[85]
Idalécio de Castro Rodrigues de Oliveira, potential briber of the former president of the Chamber of Deputies Eduardo Cunha and Portuguese entrepreneur[1]
Silvio Sacchi, former judge of Naples, along with his partner Fabio Fraissinet and his accountant Salvatore Bizzarro.[7]
Brothers Stefano Ottaviani and Roberto Ottaviani, Italian businessmen. Stefano is the son-in-law of Gianni Letta, former advisor to Silvio Berlusconi[7]
Gregorio Maria Araneta III,[108][106] husband of Irene Marcos Araneta, brother-in-law of Maria Imelda "Imee" Marcos Manotoc, Governor of Ilocos Norte, and Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Senator and former member of the Philippine House of Representatives, and son-in-law of former First Lady Imelda Marcos
Fernando Martin "Borgy" Marcos Manotoc,[104][55] son of Maria Imelda "Imee" Marcos, Governor of Ilocos Norte, grandson of former First Lady Imelda Marcos[109]
Ferdinand Richard Michael Marcos Manotoc,[104][55] lawyer, son of Maria Imelda "Imee" Marcos, Governor of Ilocos Norte, grandson of former First Lady Imelda Marcos[109]
Ricardo Gabriel Kalaw Manotoc,[110] family member of Tommy Manotoc, President of National Golf Association of the Philippines; Tommy Manotoc is the estranged husband of Maria Imelda "Imee" Marcos, Governor of Ilocos Norte
Antonio "Tonyboy" Ongsiako Cojuangco,[111] former chairman of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, second cousin of President Benigno Aguino III,[citation needed] son of late socialite Imelda Cojuangco, close friend of former First Lady Imelda Marcos[112]
Ramon Ongsiako Cojuangco Jr,[111] brother of Antonio "Tonyboy" Cojuangco, second cousin of President Benigno Aguino III[citation needed]
Miguel Ongsiako Cojuangco,[111] brother of Antonio "Tonyboy" and Ramon Cojuangco, telecommunications executive, second cousin of President Benigno Aguino III[citation needed]
Trinidad Cojuangco Yulo,[111] sister of Antonio "Tonyboy", Ramon, and Miguel Cojuangco, second cousin of President Benigno Aguino III[citation needed]
Bruno Gómez Acebo, son of Pilar de Borbón and Juan Carlos I's nephew.
Iñaki Urdangarin, former Duke of Palma, husband of Infanta Cristina, daughter of former king Juan Carlos I. He has been charged in a huge corruption scandal in the Nóos case; his wife has also been charged. He was advised by Mossack Fonseca.[120]
Demetrio Carceller Coll and his sons. He was the son of Demetrio Carceller Segura, Minister of Industry and Commerce at the beginning of Franco's dictatorship.[132]
Carles Vilarrubí, Spanish businessman and vice-president of FC Barcelona.[146]
Eduardo Fernández de Blas, Spanish vice-president of Real Madrid.[147]
José Manuel García Osuna, Spanish businessman, soccer administrator and former owner of CD Castellón[142][148]
Real Sociedad (Spain) and its presidents—principally Iñaki Otegui—under the leadership of José Luis Astiazarán, Miguel Fuentes, María de la Peña, Juan Larzábal, and Iñaki Badiola[149]
Teddy Sagi, a London-based Israeli billionaire businessman founder of Playtech and the majority shareholder of Market Tech Holdings, which owns London's Camden Market, and of two AIM-listed technology companies[38][39]
Jacob Weinroth, Israeli attorney, founding partner of Dr. J. Weinroth & Co law office, and owner and director of Sapir Holdings[38][39]
Lev Avnerovich Leviev, Israeli businessman, philanthropist, investor and owner of Lexinter International Inc., which holds shares in Vauxhall Securities Inc,[37] and chairman of the Africa-Israel Investments corporation.[219]
Beny Steinmetz, Israeli businessman, with diamond-mining, engineering and real estate companies, and his business partner and brother Daniel Steinmetz[37]
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Mexican billionaire business mogul, who is owner of Felicitas Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands[citation needed]
Marcela Dworzak Ibarcena, wife of Antonio Ibarcena Amico, former admiral of the Peruvian navy who was convicted of corruption and embezzlement for his role in military arms deals during the Alberto Fujimori regime.[230][231]
Alberto Cortina and his cousin Alberto Alcocer, Spanish businessmen, owners of Grupo ACS, the biggest construction company in the world and of 21% of Ence, the largest paper pulp and biomass energy company in Europe[232]
Javier de la Rosa and his daughter Gabriela de la Rosa, Spanish businessman and lawyer.[233]
Miguel Blesa, Spanish financial officer, banker and president of the board of Caja Madrid from 1996 to 2009, which since 2013 is being investigated by judicial irregularities during his tenure and arrested by this corruption scandal.[234]
Eufemiano Fuentes, Spanish sports doctor, implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case[235]
Eugenio Mora Olivella, Spanish textile businessman and former president of Burberry in Spain[237]
Manuel Fernández de Sousa, former president of the Spanish fishing company Pescanova[238]
Demetrio Carceller Coll and his sons, Spanish businessman. He was the son of Demetrio Carceller Segura, Minister of Industry and Commerce at the beginning of Franco's dictatorship. Demetro Carceller y Arce (1962), his son, is a director and shareholder of Sacyr (6.04%), director of Gas Natural and chairman and shareholder, with 23% of the beer Estrella Damm. He is the president of the Disa oil plus shareholder of Natural Gas, Ebro and CLH.[132]
Martinón family, Spanish owners of Grupo Martinón, hotel company[239]
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Mauricio Macri, former President of Argentina[1]
Petro Poroshenko, former President of Ukraine[1]
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (d. 2022), former President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi[1]
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar,[1] is listed as owner of Afrodille S.A., which had a bank account in Luxembourg and shares in two South African companies. Al Thani also held a majority of the shares in Rienne S.A. and Yalis S.A., holding a term deposit with the Bank of China in Luxembourg. A relative owned 25% of these: Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatar's former prime minister and foreign minister.[3]
Ahmed al-Mirghani (d. 2008), former President of Sudan[1] who was president from 1986 to 1989.[1][4].jpg)
Malcolm Turnbull, former Prime Minister of Australia[5]
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland, left office in April 2016 as a result of the Panama Papers revelations[1][6]
Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy[7]
Bidzina Ivanishvili, former Prime Minister of Georgia[1]
Ion Sturza, former Prime Minister of Moldova[8][9][10][11]
Ayad Allawi, former Acting Prime Minister of Iraq[1]
Ali Abu al-Ragheb, former Prime Minister of Jordan[1][12]
Benazir Bhutto (d. 2007), former Prime Minister of Pakistan and a member of the Bhutto family[13].jpg)
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Juan Pedro Damiani, Uruguayan member of the FIFA Ethics Committee.[140] Resigned on 6 April 2016.[141]
Eugenio Figueredo, Uruguayan-American former president of CONMEBOL and vice president of FIFA[143]
Nicolás Leoz, former president of CONMEBOL[142]
Michel Platini, French former president of UEFA[140]
Josep Lluís Nuñez, Spanish businessman, president of FC Barcelona from 1978 to 2000.[145]
Waldemar Kita, Franco-Polish businessman, president of Football Club de Nantes[150][151]
Dermot Desmond, Irish businessman and majority shareholder of Celtic F.C.[152]
Dmitry Rybolovlev, Russian businessman, president of AS Monaco[151]
Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman, former owner of Olympiacos F.C.[154]
Cristian Borcea, former president of FC Dinamo București (1995–2012)[155]
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Mattias Asper, Swedish retired goalkeeper[149]
Nihat Kahveci, Turkish retired footballer[149]
Darko Kovačević, Serbian retired footballer[149]
Sander Westerveld, Dutch retired goalkeeper, current coach of Ajax Cape Town[149]
Andy Cole, English former footballer[139]
Brian Steen Nielsen, Danish former footballer and sports director of Aarhus Gymnastikforening[157]
Willian Borges da Silva, Brazilian footballer formerly of Chelsea, now playing for Arsenal[139][159]
Iván Zamorano, Chilean retired footballer, account during Real Madrid years[149]
Nico Rosberg, German 2016 Formula 1 World Champion[161][162]
Alfonso Soriano, American Major League Baseball player[169]
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Spanish-Peruvian writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature[173]
Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor[179]
Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor[183][184]
Edith González, Mexican actress and dancer.[191]
Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, record producer and actor[192]
Nicky Wu, Taiwanese actor[196]
David Nahmad, Lebanese-Monegasque retired art dealer[274]
Marllory Chacón Rossell, Guatemalan drug trafficker[277][278]
