The Panama Papers
Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
Oneworld Publications · Print & ebook · March 30, 2017
The thrilling inside story from the journalists who set the investigation into the Panama Papers in motion From the winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting ‘A tale of fearless and careful reporting… The most ambitious investigative journalism project of all time.’ Financial Times 11.5 million documents sent through encrypted channels.
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- Who it’s for
- A careful, high-stakes account of the reporting that brought a vast offshore-finance leak into view.
- Themes
- Investigative journalism, Offshore financial secrecy, Wealth and power
- Genres
- White-Collar Crime, Corruption & Misconduct, International Taxation
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The thrilling inside story from the journalists who set the investigation into the Panama Papers in motion From the winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting ‘A tale of fearless and careful reporting… The most ambitious investigative journalism project of all time.’ Financial Times 11.5 million documents sent through encrypted channels. The secret records of 214,000 offshore companies. The largest data leak in history.
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In early 2015, an anonymous whistle-blower led investigative journalists Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier into the shadow economy where the super-rich hide billions of dollars in complex financial networks. Thus began the ground-breaking investigation that saw an international team of 400 journalists work in secret for a year to uncover cases involving heads of state, politicians, businessmen, big banks, the mafia, diamond miners, art dealers and celebrities. A real-life thriller, The Panama Papers is the gripping account of how the story of the century was exposed to the world.# 'This is an extremely important book – this decade's most important rather than this year's.' Times Literary Supplement
Following the Leak
A careful, high-stakes account of the reporting that brought a vast offshore-finance leak into view.
Come here for
- The nerve and coordination behind a year of secret reporting
- Offshore finance seen through an extraordinary document leak
Expect
- Investigative journalism with the tension of a real-life thriller
- A sprawling cast of political and financial interests
Where it sits
| Corruption & Misconduct | 68% |
|---|---|
| White-Collar Crime | 54% |
| International Taxation | 20% |
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Publisher categories
- Financial Accounting
- Business Ethics
- Personal Finance
- Public Finance
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- Taxation
- Corporate Taxation
- International Taxation
- History
- Authors
- Frederik Obermaier, Bastian Obermayer
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Published
- March 30, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Investigative journalism · Offshore financial secrecy · Wealth and power
- Reading lane
- Financial Accounting