Readers can use new interactive database
to search information about the ownership of tens of thousands of
offshore entities in tax havens
The
Offshore Leaks Database
allows users to search through tens of thousands of secret companies,
trusts and funds created in offshore locales, and displays graphic
visualizations of offshore entities and the networks around them,
including, when possible, the
company’s true owners.
The database is part of a cache of 2.5 million leaked offshore files ICIJ (a project of the
Center for Public Integrity)
analyzed with
112 journalists in 58 countries. Since April, stories based on the
data — the largest stockpile of inside information about the offshore
system ever obtained by a media organization — have been published by
more than 40 media organizations worldwide, including
The Guardian in the U.K.,
Le Monde in France,
Süddeutsche Zeitung and
Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Germany,
The Washington Post, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
And during a visit to the White House in May, British Prime Minister David Cameron
made astrong pitch for tackling “the scourge of tax havens”, saying “we
need to know who really owns a company, who profits from it”.
The
Offshore Leaks web app
allows readers to discover exactly that – as well as explore the
relationships between clients, offshore entities and the lawyers,
accountants, banks and other intermediaries who help keep these
arrangements secret.
