Panama Papers

Malcolm Turnbull


Malcolm Bligh Turnbull, a former ​journalist who made a fortune as a ​lawyer and merchant banker, ​entered politics in 2004. Before ​becoming Prime Minister in ​September 2015, Turnbull held ​several ministerial positions and ​led Australia’s opposition party ​between September 2008 and ​December 2009.

Arkady and Boris

Rotenberg


Billionaire brothers Arkady and ​Boris Rotenberg had the ​incredible good fortune of being ​childhood friends of Russian ​President Vladimir Putin. As ​teenagers, they bonded with Putin ​over Sambo, a Russian martial art, ​and judo.

Jean Claude N’Da ​Ametchi


Jean-Claude N’Da Ametchi is a ​banking executive from the Ivory ​Coast. In April 2011, the European ​Union sanctioned N’Da Ametchi ​for allegedly helping to fund the ​“illegitimate administration” of ​former president Laurent Gbagbo.

PAWEŁ PISKORSKI


Paweł Piskorski was the mayor of ​Warsaw from early 1999 until Jan. ​14, 2002, and a member of the ​European Parliament from 2004 ​to 2009. He ran into trouble in ​2005 when published reports said ​that he and his wife had ​purchased 790 acres of land.

Jasmine Li


Jasmine Li became famous in ​China after she was photographed ​attending a debutante ball in Paris ​in 2009 with other wealthy and ​politically connected young ​female friends. Li attended ​boarding school in the United ​States and completed a ​bachelor’s degree at Stanford ​University in California.

Deng Jiagui


Deng Jiagui, who has made a ​fortune in real estate ​development, became “Red ​Nobility” in 1996 when he married ​Qi Qiaoqiao, the daughter of Xi ​Zhongxun, one of China's ​revolutionary heroes and a former ​top official. Qi Qiaoqiao’s younger ​brother is Xi Jinping, who is ​president of China and head of ​China’s Communist Party.

Bjarni Benediktsson


Bjarni Benediktsson is Iceland’s ​Minister of Finance and Economic ​Affairs. Benediktsson and two ​Icelandic businessmen owned a ​Seychelles shell company called ​Falson & Co, which was purchased ​through the Luxembourg branch ​of the Icelandic bank Landsbanki ​in 2005.

Jesus Villanueva


Jesus Villanueva rose quickly ​within Petroleos de Venezuela ​(PdVSA), the state oil company, ​after Hugo Chavez's election as ​president in 1998. Villanueva ​served as general auditor, then as ​a director in 2002, later returning ​to auditor and then becoming a ​director again in 2005.

Mounir Majidi


Mounir Majidi, a businessman and ​entrepreneur with an MBA degree ​from Pace University in New York, ​became the personal secretary to ​the King Mohammed VI of ​Morocco, in 2000. Two years ​later, the king appointed Majidi to ​be head of SIGER.

Saudi Crown Prince


Mohammad bin Naif bin Abdulaziz ​Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s interior ​minister and counterterrorism ​chief, is next in line to the throne ​after King Salman elevated him ​twice in the line of succession in ​2015.

Javier Molina Bonilla


Mounir Majidi, a businessman and ​entrepreneur with an MBA degree ​from Pace University in New York, ​became the personal secretary to ​the King Mohammed VI of ​Morocco, in 2000. Two years ​later, the king appointed Majidi to ​be head of SIGER.

Konrad Mizzi


Konrad Mizzi is the minister of ​energy and health of the Republic ​of Malta. He was elected to ​Parliament in 2013 and became ​the deputy leader of Malta’s ruling ​Labour Party in February 2016.

Néstor Grindetti


Néstor Grindetti served as finance ​minister of Buenos Aires when the ​city was led by current Argentine ​President Mauricio Macri. In ​December 2015, Grindetti was ​sworn in as mayor of Lanús, an ​industrial city south of Buenos ​Aires but still within the greater ​Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

Rami and Hafez ​Makhlouf


Néstor Grindetti served as finance ​minister of Buenos Aires when the ​city was led by current Argentine ​President Mauricio Macri. In ​December 2015, Grindetti was ​sworn in as mayor of Lanús, an ​industrial city south of Buenos ​Aires but still within the greater ​Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

Giuseppe D. Nicosia


Giuseppe Donaldo Nicosia, an ​advertising executive, is on the ​lam from Italian authorities ​following accusations of ​involvement in a $50 million tax ​fraud scheme that allegedly sold ​advertising space and ​fraudulently claimed value added ​tax credits.

João Lyra


João José Pereira de Lyra was ​once Brazil’s richest member of ​Parliament, worth an estimated ​$140 million. He served in the ​Brazilian Congress several times ​over the years, in the Senate from ​1989 to 1991 and in the House ​from 2003 to 2007 and again from ​2011 to to 2015.

Juan Hinojosa


Juan Armando Hinojosa, who has ​been called Mexican President ​Enrique Peña Nieto's "favorite ​contractor," runs a well-​connected business empire that ​secured at least $750 million in ​business with government ​agencies.

Mauricio Macri


Argentine President Mauricio ​Macri appeared headed for a ​business career, working his way ​up under the tutelage of his ​father, Italian-born business ​tycoon, Francisco Macri. But in ​1991, he was kidnapped for ​ransom by federal police officers ​– a turning point that led him to ​politics.

Daniel Muñoz


Daniel Muñoz was the private ​secretary and confidant of former ​Argentinian president Néstor ​Kirchner. Muñoz later also served ​for two years as an aide to Néstor ​Kirchner’s wife, Cristina Férnandez ​de Kirchner, who was president of ​Argentina from 2007 to 2015.

Mohammad Mustafa


Mohammad Mustafa, chairman of ​the Palestine Investment Fund, ​has been a close confidant to ​Palestinian Authority President ​Mahmoud Abbas since Hamas ​took over the Gaza strip in 2007. A ​former senior official of the World ​Bank.