Re:Are the Russians Actually Behind the Panama Papers?
by havetocharge on Saturday April 09, 2016 @08:56AM
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The author is focused on making a case that the Russians are behind the Panama Papers and have an ulterior motive. Not once he mentions that the behaviours the papers expose are criminal or otherwise negative. Even while discussing wrongdoing by Western parties, the Russians are implied to be more villainous.
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Re:Are the Russians Actually Behind the Panama Papers?
by ci5er on Saturday April 09, 2016 @11:48AM
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> Not once he mentions that the behaviors the papers expose are criminal
Are they criminal? Having an offshore company generally isn’t illegal. There may be questions about how some political figures' (for example) funds were obtained in the first place, but the mere existence of funds in some tax-advantaged vehicles is no evidence of a crime.
gosh, one would think that some of the funds might be ill-gotten proceeds from criminal enterprises, but if the use of off-shore entities are prima facie evidence of criminal intent, then I'm in trouble.
Re:Are the Russians Actually Behind the Panama Papers?
by havetocharge on Saturday April 09, 2016 @11:54AM
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There is an 'or' in there. Anyway, I'm not a lawyer or a judge, and the assertion that there is a crime is not related to the point was trying to make.