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The Paradise Papers is a special investigation by the Guardian and 95 media partners worldwide into a leak of 13.4m files from two offshore service providers and 19 tax havens' company registries

Paradise papers

Paradise papers: a special investigation

  • James Hetfield of Metallica, Adele and Ed Sheeran

    Live music
    Tout used offshore firm to avoid tax on Adele and Ed Sheeran ticket sales

  • Gary Lineker

    Revealed
    Scheme that let Gary Lineker avoid tax on Barbados home

  • Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament.

    Brexiters
    The leave campaigners who put their money offshore

  • Donald Trump and Robert Kraft

    Robert Kraft
    Trump ally revealed as longtime owner of offshore firm

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Explainers

  • Appleby’s offices.

    Key questions
    What are the Paradise Papers and what do they tell us?

  • Palm tree

    Key revelations from the Paradise Papers

  • Hamilton in Bermuda

    Paradise Papers
    Why we are shining a light on the world of tax havens again

  • The offices of Appleby in Hamilton, Bermuda

    Appleby
    Offshore law firm's response: no evidence of wrongdoing

News

  • An ensemble cast of Guardian reporters and editors reflect on why investigative journalism is so important for a healthy democracy and what it feels like, on a more personal level, to be going up against powerful governments, tax-dodging billionaires, institutional racism, human rights abuses and more

    3:05

    Obsessive, illuminating, high-stakes: why investigative journalism matters - video

  • Glencore logo at its head office

    Glencore fails to prevent tax office using Paradise Papers documents

    • Tax office

      Tax office may apply 40% tax against multinationals for diverting profits

    • The Tynwald building, housing the parliament of the Isle of Man

      Money laundering concerns justify Jersey intervention, say MPs

    • Shakira with her partner, the Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué.

      Shakira to appear in court over alleged tax evasion in Spain

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Opinion

  • Economic Crime<br>BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 06: Silhouette of a man who puts a large bundle of banknotes in his jacket on August 06, 2014, in Berlin, Germany.

    Europe put tax havens in the Caribbean – and now punishes them for it

    Kenneth Mohammed
  • Oliver Bullough

    The government promised to clamp down on shell companies. It has failed to do so

    Oliver Bullough
  • Aviva III, owned by the businessman Joe Lewis, moored on the River Thames.

    I never expected to go viral just for saying billionaires shouldn’t exist

    Lloyd Russell-Moyle
  • The British Virgin Islands

    The Guardian view on UK tax havens: MPs are right to get tough

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