"The horrific magnitude to the detriment of the world should shock us all awake! When it takes whistle blower to sound an alarm that signals that democracy's checks and balance have all failed, that the breakdown is systemic, and that severe instability could be just around the corner"
3 super leaks happened in early part of this century. WikiLeaks, Snowden and Panama papers that shook the globe. This is a documentary about how the ugly secret of many wealthiests, world leaders, celebrities, cartels and major corporations was unveiled including how a major bank got involved in concealing $16 billion of Iran wire transfers, dealing with bank that is linked to Al-Qaeda, ignoring Mexican drug money laundering...the shell companies, tax evasion, money laundering and more...
And the outcome of this was resignations by many leaders such as Iceland Prime Minister, Pakistan Prime Minister (who was also fined $10 million and sentenced to 10 years in prison), UK Prime Minister, Brazil President ( he was impeached), Brazil opposition party was charged with corruption, Spain minister for industry energy and tourism, FIFA's ethics judge,
Head of transparency international in Chile, The CEO of Hupobank in Austria, (HSBC Switzerland paid hefty fines)
This is not a scoop.. it is a collective and collaborative investigative journalism that is bold and level-headed. Hats off to those journalists and the source! The stats are not unexpected but unsettling. A MUST watch documentary..
Review of The Panama Papers
The Panama Papers
(2018)
Not a scoop but a bold and level-headed collaborative investigative journalism ...
13 September 2021