Arthur Greene
Ukuputshuka kwemibhalo ecishe ibe izigidi eziyi-12 kuveze ukusebenzisana okuyimfihlo ebhizinisini kwabantu abacebile nabanamandla kakhulu emhlabeni.
Amafayela, aziwa nge-Pandora Papers, adalulwe kwi-International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (i-ICIJ).
Amafayela akhombisa ukuthi abantu abacebe kakhulu emhlabeni bayifihla kanjani ingcebo yabo kuma-akhawunti ayimfihlo, ngoba begwema intela futhi kwesinye isikhathi baqoqa imali yabo.
Ngaphandle kokudalula umthombo wabo, i-ICIJ yabelane ngokutholakele nezindawo zezindaba emhlabeni wonke, ezisebenze ndawonye ukuhlanganisa itulo lomcebo omkhulu oyimfihlo wabantu abanamandla kakhulu emhlabeni.
Nazi ezinye izambulo ezithusa kakhulu:
Umndeni kaMengameli wase-Kenya, u-Uhuru Kenyatta, wenze imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-R450 ngamabhizinisi ayimfihlo.
UMengameli wase-Congo uDenis Sassou Nguesso kudalulwe ukuthi unenkampani ephethe izimayini zamadayimane. Le nkampani iyayibalekela intela ngoba isogwini lwe-British Virgin Islands.
UMengameli wase-Gabon u-Ali Bongo Ondimba, uNdunankulu wase-Ivory Coast uPatrick Achi kanye noNdunankulu wase-Mozambique u-Aires Ali bonke bangabanikazi noma banamasheya ezinkampanini eziyimfihlo.
Sekukonke, cishe osopolitiki base-Afrika kanye nezikhulu zomphakathi ezivela emazweni ayi-18 kuleli zwekazi baxhunyaniswe nemisebenzi eyimfihlo yi-Pandora Papers.
Khonamanjalo, umbusi wase-Jordan, iNkosi u-Abdullah, uqoqe umbuso wezimpahla eziyimfihlo obiza ngaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-R1,5.
Umndeni wakwa-Aliyev, ophethe izwe lase-Azerbaijan, usudayise izakhiwo ezingaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-R8 e-London. Ifa leNdlovukazi likhokhele uMengameli u-Ilham Alyev cishe izigidigidi eziyi-R1,4 ngezinye zezakhiwo zabo zase-London.
UMengameli wase-Russia, uVladimir Putin, akaveli ngegama kulokhu kuputshuka, kodwa amagama abantu asondelene nabo avela kaningi. Umngani wakhe omkhulu futhi ayethandana naye uphakathi kwalabo abenze imali eningi ngamadili ayimfihlo.
Imithombo yezindaba edalule ukwambulwa kwe-Pandora Papers, afana ne-ICJ ne-The Guardian, athe azodalula ngisho nangokwengeziwe kulezi zinsuku ezizayo.
Umthombo wesithombe: ICIJ