Among the investigation’s key
findings:
Nearly 22,000 offshore clients with addresses
in mainland China and Hong Kong appear in the files, including at least
15 of China’s richest citizens, members of the National People’s Congress, and
executives from state-owned companies entangled in corruption scandals.
The records also include details of roughly 16,000 clients from Taiwan.
The documents are part of a cache of 2.5
million leaked files that ICIJ has sifted through with help from more than 50
reporting partners in Europe, North America, Asia and other regions. Since last
April, ICIJ’s stories have triggered official inquiries, high-profile
resignations and policy changes around the world.
Until now, the details on China and Hong Kong
have not been disclosed.
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Investigation Continues
On January 23, ICIJ (a project of the Center
for Public Integrity) will name more than 37,000 offshore clients from China
Hong Kong and Taiwan in its Offshore Leaks Database, adding to about 70,000
names from the rest of the world published in June 2013.
The names are part of a body of information
that totaled more than 260 gigabytes of data—about the same amount of
information as would be found in half a million books. It is one of the biggest collections of leaked
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