According to FCNN, the scandals of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his coup government are not over. The case of economic violations by Babak Zanjani and his associates in various countries has not yet reached a final conclusion, and it is reported that Ahmadinejad's name is also in the "Panama Papers" case. These documents relate to the actions of a company that helps wealthy people from all over the world to store their money in other countries in order to avoid paying taxes.
According to international reports, the collaboration of 100 news organizations and nearly 400 journalists from 80 different countries has led to the disclosure of millions of confidential documents about the activities of a Panama-based law firm that helped its clients hide their assets or, in fact, launder money.
At least politicians and executives from 11 countries, including Iran, Argentina, Iceland, Switzerland, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Guinea, Germany, Syria and China, have been implicated in the money laundering network. According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, the documents include the names of individuals and companies that have conducted business with the Islamic Republic despite the extensive US and EU sanctions against Iran. Some of these individuals are on the international sanctions list, but they are conducting business through fictitious and fake companies.
According to Deutsche Welle, most of these transactions were related to oil contracts. Most of the Iranian companies mentioned in these documents were owned by the Iranian government. Süddeutsche writes that an official at Mossack Fonseca made inquiries to find out the real owners of the Iranian companies, and finally one of his colleagues in London said that the owner of these companies was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The names of individuals who have done business with sanctioned countries such as North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Zimbabwe are also included in these documents.
Apart from the name of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, documents have also been revealed about the money laundering of politicians such as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, Saudi Arabia's King Salman, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, along with his children (two sons and a daughter).
Among the names leaked from the company's documents are Russian President Vladimir Putin, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarev, soccer player Lionel Messi, and current Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
The group of investigative journalists, called ICIJ, says it has examined emails dating back more than 40 years and passport details of many people to obtain this information.
The ICIG group, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, has published its findings in the form of a report called the "Panama Papers."
According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, the documents, known as the "Panama Papers," trace the money laundering of prominent individuals from the 1970s to the spring of 2016. Since obtaining the documents, the newspaper has shared the information with 100 news organizations and nearly 400 journalists from 80 different countries around the world.
Some of these individuals include prominent dictators. The information includes details of companies linked to the families of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, and current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the report also alleges billions of dollars in money laundering by a Russian bank affiliated with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The ICIG group says it has uncovered a network of Vladimir Putin's associates involved in laundering more than $2 billion. The report's authors said they had asked the Russian government to comment on its findings but were met with a negative response from the Kremlin.
However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused the journalists of seeking, he said, to tarnish Vladimir Putin's image.
Another part of these documents mentions companies with similar activities that are run by the prime ministers of Iceland and Pakistan, the children of the president of Azerbaijan, the king of Saudi Arabia, and some other global figures.
This report has already been published by several news organizations in different languages.
According to Radio Farda, Edward Snowden, who in 2013 revealed the secrets of the US National Security Agency regarding the wiretapping of American citizens and has been living in Russia since that year, tweeted on Sunday that this revelation, which concerns financial corruption, is considered the largest disclosure of intelligence journalism in history.
According to the Guardian newspaper, the names of politicians such as former Iraqi Interior Minister Iyad Allawi, Alaa Mubarak, son of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, eight former members of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, six members of the British House of Lords, and some close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin also appear.
According to an investigation by the International Journalists Network, the Panama-based Mossack Fonseca firm has been laundering money for its clients by creating shell companies. None of the Mossack Fonseca officials have been available to speak to reporters. Only Mossack Fonseca has issued a short statement saying that “all of the company’s activities have been carried out within the framework of the law.” The firm was founded in Panama in 1977 by Jürgen Mossack (a German immigrant) and Ramon Fonseca. The firm’s activities are based on complete protection of clients and avoidance of disclosing their identities.
The documents, which total 11.5 million pages, reveal information about more than 215,000 fictitious and fake companies. Initial analysis of the documents suggests that around 140 prominent politicians and executives from around the world are under investigation for money laundering. Among them are 12 presidents or prime ministers, some of whom are not currently in government.
Source: Word
The events of this one issue were not enough for him.
Now he wants to return with a subsidy of 250,000 tomans!!!