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Jackie Chan implicated in "Panama papers"
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The big news this week among people who pay attention to Big News is the leak of The Panama Papers, a massive archive of 11.5 million financial and legal documents uncovered by the International Consortium Of Investigative Journalists that—to put it in the most reductive terms possible—details how rich people hide their money in offshore accounts so they can avoid taxes and the occasional ex-spouse. (Or launder dirty money, if you happen to be a big-time criminal. Offshore accounts don’t judge.) And while the accounts aren’t illegal, the leak basically confirms everything the rest of us have always suspected about the essential selfishness of the one percent (or .01 percent). In other words, Bernie Sanders must be livid right now.
The prime minister of Iceland has already resigned over the discovery of a shady offshore shell company he signed over to his wife in 2009, and powerful world political leaders—including associates of Vladimir Putin—are implicated in the leak. But we don’t really report on world political leaders here at The A.V. Club, unless it’s in the context of their close personal friendship with Steven Seagal.
But it is within our purview to inform you that Jackie Chan, friend to all and the closest thing to a real-life superhero we have (seriously, the man is indestructible), has at least six offshore companies managed by Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm from which the documents originated. And for Bollywood fans, there’s the revelation that beloved movie patriarch Amitabh Bachchan holds four offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands. And Spanish director Pedro Almodovar canceled a round of interviews and screenings for his new movie, Julieta, today, after it was revealed that his brother had funneled money, presumably from the director’s early successes like Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, into an offshore company in the early ’90s. The Almodovar brothers closed their offshore company in 1994.
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Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:59 pm
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Re: Jackie Chan implicated in "Panama papers"
The Panama Papers story is quite exciting to folow, but in the end it confirms everything most people have expected.
It'll make for a good movie one day. Hopefully a better one than The Fifth Estate.
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Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:04 pm
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now we know
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Re: Jackie Chan implicated in "Panama papers"
Ha. Who cares. Really?
Jackie Chan is an International star and has earned money in loads of different countries. So what if he has an offshore account or a dozen hidden wives.
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Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:48 am
resident
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Re: Jackie Chan implicated in "Panama papers"
Many a fine Communist on that list. It seems that everybody supports noble ideals, be it Liberty, Religion or Egality, as long as it doesn't include somebody else. as long as they don't have to pay for it or obey it themselves.
Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:52 am
i.hope
Defeats all expectations
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Re: Jackie Chan implicated in "Panama papers"
I don't think Jackie Chan is a Communist or a communist. He is just a bootlicker.
Thu Apr 07, 2016 8:45 am
resident
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Re: Jackie Chan implicated in "Panama papers"
No, he may not be. This isn't "a blacklist comment". However, the reports that I've read indicate several good people of China are interested in Panama Paper.
Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:05 am
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Re: Jackie Chan implicated in "Panama papers"
resident wrote:
Many a fine Communist on that list. It seems that everybody supports noble ideals, be it Liberty, Religion or Egality, as long as it doesn't include somebody else. as long as they don't have to pay for it or obey it themselves.
The 1980's called, they want their red scare back. Nothing beats capitalism for malfeasance.
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