Emma Watson Named in Panama Papers Leak

Finally: A reason to care about the Panama Papers leak—attractive people you know from your teevee screen.

Finally: A reason to care about the Panama Papers leak—attractive people you know from your teevee screen.

On Thursday night, the Obama administration announced that it was taking executive action to close loopholes that enable the kind of tax evasion and money laundering recently revealed by the Panama Papers. The new regulations will compel companies to disclose more information about their owners, the Associated Press…
According to the Guardian, the Department of Justice is investigating the global tax avoidance scheme revealed by the publication of the Panama Papers.
Vladimir Putin has insinuated that Goldman Sachs is behind the leak of the Panama Papers. This seems unlikely.
Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson will step down today in the wake of revelations in the “Panama Papers” linking him and his wife to an offshore company that may have presented a conflict of interest.
What do heads of state, FIFA execs, billionaires, celebrities, and hundreds of their rich and powerful friends have in common? Quite a few things, I’d wager, but here’s something specific: They’ve all been named in the “Panama Papers,” the trove of 11.5 million records that give insight into how the rich and powerful…
When you think of protests in the United States, you probably imagine militarized cops in SWAT gear, pepper spray, shootings, and billy club beatdowns. In Iceland, they’re hurling yogurt.
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s official mouthpiece has some things to say about the Panama Papers. According to Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, the massive report, coordinated by 400 journalists from 100 media organizations in 80 countries is, firstly, a personal attack on Putin.

It’s barely been 24 hours since the first Panama Papers reports hit, and things are already getting fun. Assuming you’re not Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, that is. Because judging by the way Gunnlaugsson stormed out of an interview with a Swedish news station, he’s got a few, uh... calls to…
How do you hide billions of dollars from the world when you’re one of the most famous people on Earth? According to a massive new leak that’s being called the largest of its kind in history, it’s not so hard these days.