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  • "Offshore Leaks" : les détails du projet

    Le Monde.fr | 04.04.2013 à 18h14 • Mis à jour le 04.04.2013 à 18h44


    Le Monde publie, à partir du 4 avril, les révélations mises au jour par l'opération "Offshore Leaks". Menée conjointement par l'International consortium of investigative journalists (ICIJ) et trente-six médias internationaux, cette investigation à l'échelle planétaire a permis d'ouvrir une brèche dans le secret qui caractérise en général les paradis fiscaux.

    Qu'est-ce que l'ICIJ ? Comment les fichiers ont-il été exploités ?

    L'ICIJ, consortium international des journalistes d'investigation, est une initiative du Center for public integrity, basé à Washington. Il a pu mettre la main sur une mine d'informations fournies par d'anciens salariés de deux entreprises de services de financiers offshore, Portcullis Trustnet et Commonwealth Trust Limited : au total, près de 2,5 millions de documents (courriers électroniques, copies de papiers d'identités, lettres, etc.). Pour exploiter cette manne de données aussi rares que complexes, l'ICIJ a proposé au Monde et aux autres médias partenaires d'unir leurs forces.

    Que révèlent ces fichiers en France ?

    Dans l'ensemble des données proposées par l'ICIJ, certaines concernent des banques françaises. Dans l'édition du 6 avril, Le Monde expliquera comment BNP Paribas et le Crédit agricole ont aidé leurs clients à créer des sociétés offshore. La liste française tirée de ces fichiers contient une centaine de noms.

    Parmi ces noms figurent celui de Jean-Jacques Augier, le trésorier de la campagne de François Hollande, fait partie des concernés. Il est actionnaire de deux sociétés offshore dans les îles Caïmans. "J'ai investi dans cette société par l'intermédiaire de la filiale d'Eurane en Chine, Capital Concorde Limited, un holding qui gère toutes mes affaires chinoises", précise l'homme d'affaires au Monde. "L'investissement dans International Bookstores apparaît au bilan de cette filiale. Rien n'est illégal", insiste-il.

    Le vrai visage de l'évasion fiscale française n'est pas forcément celui de personnalités comme Jérôme Cahuzac ou Gérard Depardieu, mais aussi celui de notables de province et d'entrepreneurs, comme la famille Grossman, propriétaire de Celio. Le Monde se penchera sur ces personnes dans son édition du 6 avril.

    Que révèlent ces fichiers à l'étranger ?

    L'opération Offshore Leaks permet d'envisager, à l'échelle mondiale, la variété des personnes et des entreprises qui pratiquent l'évasion fiscale. En Grèce, le quotidien Ta Néa a publié la liste d'une centaine de sociétés offshore grecques, dont seulement quatre sont enregistrées auprès des autorités fiscales. Le gouvernement grec a d'ores et déjà annoncé enquêter sur ces comptes.

    Des personnalités de haut-rang apparaissent aussi dans la base de données de l'ICIJ. Les fichiers montrent ainsi que trois sociétés auraient été créées en 2008 aux îles Vierges britanniques – un paradis fiscal situé dans les Antilles – au nom des filles du président de l'Azerbaïdjan, Ilham Aliyev. Une autre aurait été établie en 2003 au nom du président et de sa femme.

    Les noms de la célèbre collectionneuse d'art espagnole Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, de la fille aînée de l'ancien dictateur philippin Ferdinand Marcos, Maria, ou de l'épouse d'Igor Chouvalov, un homme d'affaires proche de Poutine, actuellement vice-premier ministre de Russie, y figurent également.

    L'ancien ministre des finances de Mongolie, Bayartsogt Sangajav, apparaît aussi dans cette liste. Ce dernier aurait créé la société Legend Plus Capital ltd par le biais d'un compte en Suisse lorsqu'il était en fonction, de 2008 à 2012. Il a reconnu que c'était une "faute" de ne pas l'avoir déclarée.

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    Who Uses the Offshore World

    By Marina Walker Guevara, Nicky Hager, Mar Cabra, Gerard Ryle and Emily Menkes April 4, 2013, 12:30 pm | ICIJ



    Secret records obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reveal tens of thousands of people in more than 170 countries and territories linked to offshore companies and trusts. Here are some examples from around the world:


    Georgia



    Prime Minister

    Bidzina Ivanishvili


    Details: Georgia’s richest man, with a net worth estimated by Forbes magazine at more than $5 billion. Was elected prime minister in October 2012, straight from the business world.

    Offshore business: Director of Bosherston Overseas Corp. in the British Virgin Islands (2006). The company is still in existence, according to BVI records.

    Comment: “For the reporting period of 2011-2012 Prime Minister Ivanishvili had no interest in the company you have mentioned in your inquiry and therefore there was no obligation to report it in his declaration. The Prime Minister takes these reporting requirements seriously and everything is done according to the law,” a spokesman said.


    France



    Jean-Jacques Augier

    Publisher

    Details: Campaign treasurer of François Hollande for the 2012 presidential elections. They studied together at the prestigious National School of Management (ENA). He’s also chief executive officer of investment holding company Eurane SA, mainly focused on the publishing field.

    Offshore business: Shareholder — through Eurane SA — and director of International Bookstores Ltd (2005) in the Cayman Islands.

    Comment: Jean-Jacques Augier said he used the company to do a large investment in China in 2005. One of his partners in the offshore firm was Xi Shu, a businessman and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a political advisory body in China dominated by the Communist Party but with representatives from other parties and organizations.


    Mongolia



    Bayartsogt Sangajav

    Politician

    Details: Became his country’s finance minister in September 2008, a position he held until a cabinet reshuffle in August 2012. During those years he attended international meetings and served as a governor of the Asian Development Bank, pushing the case for his poor nation to receive foreign development assistance and investment. He was at the forefront of encouraging foreign mining and other companies to move into Mongolia. He currently serves as deputy speaker of the Mongolian Parliament.

    Offshore business: Bayartsogt Sangajav controlled Legend Plus Capital Limited, an offshore company administered from Hong Kong but incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (2008). The documents show the company was used to open a secret Swiss bank account, controlled by Bayartsogt, just months before he was appointed his country’s minister of finance.

    Comment: Bayartsogt said the company and the bank account were set up as a syndicate by him and three unnamed business friends to trade in stocks. Both the bank account and the company remain in his name, and he did not declare them to Parliament, something he now describes as a “mistake.” He said he was considering resigning from Parliament over the issue.


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      Venezuela



      José Eliecer Pinto Gutiérrez

      Army General


      Details: Top commander in the Amazonas state, overseeing security in the Venezuela-Colombia border.

      Offshore business: Shareholder, director and secretary of Romana International Holdings, Ltd. (2003-2006) in the British Virgin Islands.

      Comment: Pinto Gutiérrez could not be reached for comment.



      Myanmar/Burma

      Aye Zaw Win

      Son-in-law of Burma's former dictator Ne Win

      Details: General Ne Win was a military strongman who ruled Burma during three decades, 1962-1988. His family became wealthy through business activities including forestry and fisheries.

      Offshore business: Shareholder of Compass Point Finance Limited (1996) and Sky-Link Communications Ltd. (1997) in the British Virgin Islands. The companies were transferred to another offshore service provider, but the records do not provide a date.

      Comment: Aye Zaw Win could not be reached for comment despite multiple attempts.



      South Africa/Zimbabwe



      Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach

      Businessman

      Details: Zimbabwean millionaire with close links to the Mugabe regime. The United States blacklisted him saying he has helped organized huge mining projects in Zimbabwe that “benefit a small number of corrupt senior officials.” Rautenbach fled South Africa in 1999 after being accused of fraud. The charges lodged personally against him were dismissed, but a South African company he controlled pleaded guilty to criminal charges and paid a fine of roughly $4 million.

      Offshore business: Shareholder of Artemis Group, LTD. (2006) in the British Virgin Islands.

      Comment: Rautenbach denies U.S. authorities’ allegations, contending that they made “significant factual and legal errors” in their blacklisting decision, his attorney, Ian Small Smith, said. Smith said Rautenbach’s BVI company was set up as “special purpose vehicle for investment in Moscow” and that it complied with all disclosure regulations. The company is no longer active.


      Azerbaijan



      Ilham Aliyev
      Mehriban Aliyeva, Arzu Aliyeva and Leyla Aliyeva


      Ruling family

      Details: Ilham Aliyev is the president of Azerbaijan and Mehriban Aliyeva is his wife. Arzu and Leyla are the couple's daughters. The Aliyev family, beginning with Ilham’s father, Heydar Aliyev, has held power in Azerbaijan almost without interruption since the late 1960s.

      Offshore business: Ilham Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva were directors of Rosamund International Ltd (2003) in the British Virgin Islands. Arzu Aliyeva was a director and shareholder of BVI company Arbor Investments (2008). Leyla Aliyeva was director and shareholder of LaBelleza Holdings Ltd. (2008) and Harvard Management Ltd. (2008) both in the BVI.

      Comment: Ilham Aliyev, Mehriban Aliyeva, Arzu Aliyeva and Leyla Aliyeva did not respond to ICIJ’s requests for comment.


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        United States



        Denise Rich

        Songwriter

        Details: Ex-wife of the United States’ most famous tax fugitive, Marc Rich, who was controversially pardoned by former President Bill Clinton on Clinton’s last day in office. She is a Grammy-nominated songwriter, having written chart-topping songs for the likes of Sister Sledge and Celine Dion. In 2012, Rich resigned her U.S. citizenship.

        Offshore business: Settlor and beneficiary of The Dry Trust (1992) and director of DTD Limited (2007), both in the Cook Islands.

        Comment: Denise Rich did not respond to a request for comment.


        Indonesia



        Eka Tjipta Widjaja

        Businessman

        Details:
        Head of Indonesia’s second richest family (2012), owns rainforest-clearing Asia Pulp and Paper and world's second largest palm oil plantations.

        Offshore business: Beneficial owner, through his Sinar Mas conglomerate, of various pulp and palm oil British Virgin Islands and Labuan offshore companies

        Comment: Widjaja did not respond to a request for comment.


        Thailand



        Potjaman Na Pombejra

        Former Thai first lady


        Details: Former wife of Thailand’s ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Potjaman and Shinawatra obtained a high-profile divorce at the Thai consular office in Hong Kong in 2008. Two years later, about $1.4 billion of Shinawatra’s family assets were seized after he was found guilty by the Supreme Court of corruption and abuse of power to benefit his family’s telecommunication company, Shin Corporation, while he was prime minister.

        Offshore business: Potjaman Na Pombejra acquired an offshore company called Premium Select Inc. (2007) in the British Virgin Islands, and soon after she was listed as the sole beneficial owner. The company was set up through the service of UBS AG Singapore.

        Comment: Potjaman’s lawyer, Somporn Pongsuwan, did not return several phone calls seeking information on the offshore entity.


        Fiji



        Fred Marafono

        Mercenary

        Details:
        Ex-British SAS, he was involved in security work and diamond mining during the Sierra Leone civil war.

        Offshore business: Director of Hinterland Mining Brokers Limited (1997-2000) in the Cook Islands.

        Comment: Marafono passed away on March 27; earlier attempts to reach him for comment were unsuccessful.


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          Canada



          E.F. Anthony “Tony” Merchant

          Trial lawyer


          Details: A former politician, he is married to Canadian senator Pana Merchant. He has been involved in a number of high-volume class action suits, including a $1.9 billion settlement with the Canadian government on behalf of native groups over abuse of students in residential schools. Merchant has had repeated battles with the Canadian revenue agency over his tax payments. He has also been disciplined by the Law Society for "conduct unbecoming of a member."

          Offshore business: Beneficiary (1998-2002), settlor and protector of the Merchant (2000) US Inc Trust (incorporated 1998) in the Cook Islands. His wife, Canadian senator Pana Merchant, is a beneficiary of the trust.

          Comment: Anthony and Pana Merchant declined to comment.


          Kuwait



          Sheik Sabah Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah and two relatives

          Members of Kuwait's ruling family


          Details: Sheik Sabah Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah has headed the Kuwaiti Public Ports Authority. He and his brother are sons of Kuwait’s former deputy prime minister

          Offshore business: He or his relatives are shareholders in two British Virgin Islands companies CIC Realty, Inc and Capital Investment Company Group, Ltd for seven years until 2002

          Comment: Sheik Sabah Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah did not respond to a request for comment



          Saudi Arabia



          Hassan Mohammed and Fady Mohammed Jameel

          Businessmen

          Details: Sons of one of the richest men in Saudi Arabia and executives in Abdul Latif Jameel Group, one of the world’s largest Toyota dealers, with operations in the Middle East, UK, Central Asia and China.

          Offshore business: Directors (2002-2003) of Costa Azzoura Limited (incorporated in 2002) and directors (2004-2009) of Hillbeck Limited (incorporated in 2004) in the British Virgin Islands. Hassan was also shareholder of Hillbeck Limited (since 2004).

          Comment: The Director of Business Development at the Abdul Latif Jameel Group, Farooq Vaid, said the Jameel brothers were not related to the offshore companies as directors or shareholders. He acknowledged knowing about the entities but didn't want to confirm any further details. “These are privately held companies and nobody has the right to know,” he told ICIJ. Internal records show Vaid was shareholder of Costa Azzoura Limited and shareholder and director of Hillbeck Limited. He is also related to five more BVI companies — in one case as shareholder and in the other four cases as director. The Abdul Latif Jameel Group address in Jeddah is mentioned in most of the company records obtained by ICIJ.


          Jordan



          Suha, Omar and Aysha Shoman

          Widow and children of one of Jordan’s richest families


          Details: The family’s father, Khalid Shoman, was — until his death in 2001 — vice-chairman of the Arab Bank Group, one of the main banks in the Arab world, founded by his father. Omar sold their share of the bank for about $375 million in 2003.

          Offshore business: Omar and Aysha are shareholders — jointly or on their own — of 12 companies in the British Virgin Islands, including OS Investments Inc. (2002), OAKS Inc. (2003), Fisch Investments Inc. (2005) and OS Tech Inc. (2006). Their mother is connected with two of the firms as a shareholder and one as a director. Most entities were transferred to another offshore service provider between 2007 and 2009.

          Comment: Omar Shoman didn’t reply to requests to comment through his assistant and email. The ICIJ could not locate Aysha Shoman and could not reach Suha Shoman on the phone despite several attempts.

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          • #6
            Je m'arrête là. La liste est trop longue, non exhaustive, je ne suis pas en super forme pour continuer, ça n'intéresse personne ici même si tous les médias du monde en parlent en ce moment.. Et désolé, je sais que ce n'est pas la bonne rubrique (ici c'est rubrique "Maroc"), j'aurais peut-être dû le poster dans le café du village ou entre deux posts dans le topic "humeur du jour"
            J'essayerai la prochaine fois de poster ici un truc sur le Maroc (même si j'en ai absolument rien à foutre) genre qu'est-ce qu'a bouffé au déjeuner jalalat al malik Moh6... je suis sûr qu'il y aura des dizaines de pages très intéressantes à lire !

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            • #7
              détrompe toi myst; ca m'interesse.
              La Réalité est la Perception, la Perception est Subjective

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              • #8
                O jma3tna walo nada aucune personnalité du Maghreb ?

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                • #9
                  O jma3tna walo nada aucune personnalité du Maghreb ?
                  Ils donnent les infos au compte-gouttes, et rien ne nous concerne pour le moment

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                  • #10
                    Ok Myst, merci pour la réponse .sale temps pour les hommes politiques concernes

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