There are legitimate uses for offshore companies and trusts. As the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists suggests, we do not intend to suggest or imply that any persons, companies or other entities included in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database have broken the law or otherwise acted improperly.
We publish below the list of Sri Lankans published by ICIJ in 2013.
Ahmed Ismail Hossain
Akhter Mahmud
Aliakber Saifudeen Jeevunjee
AQUA-PACKAGING LIMITED
Arthur I Senanayake
Balendra Krishan Niraj Jayasekara
Chandrajith Saman Kalyana Jayamaha Jayamaha Hitihamilage
Chandrajith Saman Kalyana Jayamaha Jayamaha Hitihamilage
Chandru Swamidas Jagasia
CHRISTIAN FERDINAND FUHRER
Daniel Ortiz
Dimitry De Wansa Wickramaratne
Duminda Mahali Weerasekare
Ejaz Chatoor
Esufally, Bilquis Imtiaz
Esufally, Imtiaz Abidhusen Hassanally
Farida Jeevunjee
Hasan Mahmood (Raja)
Imran Aliakber Jeevunjee
Janki Jagasia
Jayawardane Welathanthirige Shilanth Boteju
Jennifer Kathleen Senanayake
Kaluachchigamage Avanthi Kumara Jayatilake
Khandaker Moinul Ahsan (Shamim)
Kishore Hassaram Surtani
LASITHA GAMINI ATTYGALLE
Mohamed Ishan Gaffoor
MURTAZAALI ABIDHUSSEN HASSANALY ESUFALLY
Nilan Abeywickrama
Niranjan Mendis
Niranjan Sunil Oswald Mendis
Omprasadham Kanapathipillai
Rohan Albert Ignatius Gomis
Sanikh Networks Limited
Sanjay Vijith Anthony Perera
Senaka Dunuwille Senanayake
Sharecorp Limited
Sharmila Wahab
SHYAMALI CHAMPIKA EDIRIWEERA
Somasundaram Mukunthan and Anne Christine Mukunthan
SURENDRA EDIRIWEERA
SURENDRA EDIRIWEERA & SHYAMALI CHAMPIKA EDIRIWEERA
Tushan & Dhammeswari
Tushan Harsha Mendis Wickramasinghe
UDU WATHUWAGE JAGATH PRIYA ANURA SUMATHIPALA
Vidya Dilruk Amarapala
ICIJ Glossary;
Master Client – Often an intermediary or go-between who helps a client set up an offshore entity.
Listed Address – Contact postal address as it appears in the original databases obtained by ICIJ.
Offshore Entity – A company, trust or fund created in a low-tax, offshore jurisdiction.
Officer – A person or company who plays a role in an offshore entity.
Aliakber Saifudeen Jeevunjee
AQUA-PACKAGING LIMITED
Balendra Krishan Niraj Jayasekara
Chandrajith Saman Kalyana Jayamaha Jayamaha Hitihamilage
Chandrajith Saman Kalyana Jayamaha Jayamaha Hitihamilage
Chandru Swamidas Jagasia
CHRISTIAN FERDINAND FUHRER
Daniel Ortiz
Duminda Mahali Weerasekare
Ejaz Chatoor
Esufally, Bilquis Imtiaz
Esufally, Imtiaz Abidhusen Hassanally
Farida Jeevunjee
Hasan Mahmood (Raja)
Jayawardane Welathanthirige Shilanth Boteju
Jayawardane Welathanthirige Shilanth Boteju
Sharecorp Limited
words / April 7, 2016
Ranjan Ramanayake..man of the golden sword fame. .. me thinks Ranil Wickremasinghe enjoys making a donkey out of you.. sigh..
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JeffK / April 7, 2016
Revenge for backing Sajith. Gonja has 0 IQ apparently.
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Pradeep K Ranawaka / April 8, 2016
Vidya Amarapala former CEB man was close confident of Champika Ranawaka.
WOW Champika elected under UNP ticket. Lets see what the responses are…
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punchinlame / April 8, 2016
Its a long way to go – Why MR opened Scychelles Bank of Ceylon
Branch leads one to see the route taken?
“The ICIJ data shows that the Panamanian company Mossak Fonseca worked with 1,233 Swiss middlemen who created more than 34,000 offshore shell companies over the last 40 years. Only Hong Kong specialists were responsible for more creations (37,675).
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source: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/suspect-activity_panama-papers-put-swiss-lawyers-in-tight-spot/42074556
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Yoosuf / April 7, 2016
No Rajapaksa?
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Janith / April 7, 2016
Sad? What about Badurdeen and Hakim?
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Hora ravi / April 8, 2016
……And Paisa Must Appah the big hora?
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harry hatton / April 7, 2016
Rogues gallery !
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Native Vedda / April 7, 2016
CT Editor
Thanks
The paper trail does not lead to MR’s clan.
Are there any connections between these published names and friends and old school mates of MR, BR, NR, …… ?
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Greg / April 7, 2016
Dissapointed no? Why are you not interested with whether any is connected to Ranil, Arjun, Malik or Ravi? Because Sirikotha and you are both funded by the same NGOs?
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Tmoh / April 7, 2016
Well done CT! you have published a database from June 2013 – check the DATE on the link first. You should at least state that offshore leaks has NOTHING to do with Panama Papers.
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Cyril de Alwis / April 7, 2016
I hope the government will get down all the assets and confisticte
entire amounts sent abroad to avoid paying texes. Poor man is paying
and rich people stealing.
Cyril
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Hesh / April 7, 2016
lol don’t you realize that half of them are muslims and the other half is from high class families? Do you honestly think a UNP government will act against those?
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RTI / May 11, 2016
Actually half of them are not Muslims, not even close, and this can be seen from a simple scan of the whole list. You betray your racial and religious biases.
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German Kolla / April 7, 2016
Wawwwww so everybody who hoped to get at Rajapakse must be really sad that none from the Rajapakse Clan is listed in the Panama Papers List.
After all this is suppose to be the most comprehensive database larger than WikiLeaks isn’t it ? and ICIJ has investigated over one year world wide.
So if Rajapakse has hidden money, why ain’t their names in this list ????
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Srilal / April 7, 2016
German Kolla ,
If you are a German lad as you claim , then you should know , this has got nothing to do with Panama Papers , this is offshore leaks .
CT , why don’t you clearly specify about the above data , it seems every body is confused !
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German Kolla / April 10, 2016
Srilal, it dose have to do with Panama Papers. After all the whistle blower first came to our german paper the Süd deutscher Zeitung. Whether it is Panama Papers or what ever you call them, it was exposed through Panama Papers isn’t it ?
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Ansar / April 7, 2016
Where is ALI BABA AND FAMILY ?
They are not that foolish to invest in their names, isn’t it.
Did I hear some high profile properties are bought in the name of Lady Shiranthis’s dying cousin sister. Predictions are that she will die during April holidays. I think this time the prediction will be right, unlike our famous Josithaya.
Did I hear it right or it’s only a rumour ?
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Hesh / April 7, 2016
Since half of the thieves seems to be Muslims can they be front-men for Baduadeen and other Muslim Congress mps? Does nothing for the country yet have the nerves to empty whole forests don’t they? your honest mps.
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Zaneera Farook / April 8, 2016
Clarification
Names that you see as Muslims are from the Borah community. Their home language is gujarati/hindi. They do not identify themselves with the Sri Lankan Muslims/Moors or Malays. Sri Lankan Muslims cannot worship in their mosques. I am told that they even wash the mosques if we Sri Lankan Moors go to their mosques by chance. They have a leader like the Pope and we don’t beleive in that Pope. They are an exclusive community. They dissociate from us and they are Shias. From the 42 odd names, I could recognise one person who may be a Sri Lankan Moor. Others are all Borahs
Please do not put the Sri Lankan Moors into this lot as Borahs do not want to acknowledge the Sri Lankan Muslims as belonging to the same group.
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Ken Robert / April 9, 2016
Zaneera
Could you enlighten us on the borah names?
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Zaneera Farook / April 9, 2016
Ahmed Ismail Hossain
Akhter Mahmud
Aliakber Saifudeen Jeevunjee
AQUA-PACKAGING LIMITED- not certain
Ejaz Chatoor
Esufally, Bilquis Imtiaz
Esufally, Imtiaz Abidhusen Hassanally
Farida Jeevunjee
Hasan Mahmood (Raja)
Imran Aliakber Jeevunje
Khandaker Moinul Ahsan (Shamim)- not certain
Kishore Hassaram Surtani- not certain
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Ken Robert / April 9, 2016
Zaneera
Thanks
I worked for memon family many years ago. I felt they exploited vulnerable srilankans too.
My employment was short and they treated me well.
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Zaneera Farook / April 9, 2016
We cannot judge the whole community by a few of its members. By the way Memons are different to Boras.
What made me write my comment, was I want to differentiate between the Borahs and the Sri Lankan Muslims, mainly Borahs wants this distinction. I don’t want to be dump together. Having said this we cannot judge the entire Borah community by the acts of these few individuals.
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Ansar / April 9, 2016
Zaneera, Great job of clarification.
In fact, according to information of the time, when the Pope came to Sri Lanka to have their annual convention in Colombo a few years ago, they pumped in a big amount to MARA administration, I was told.
Cannot corroborate though..
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thrishu / May 11, 2016
Then someone accidentally discovers that the poor old lady has written a last will inheriting her assets to dear old grandnephew called Yoshitha? Who wrote the script in this drama?
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PinkLips / April 7, 2016
UNP Minister big talker Minister Ranjan Ramanayake claimed he knows that top leaders of the Rajapakse regime were on this list. I do not see any name of Rajapakses unless they were using front names.
IWS holdings is big and very rich and finances both parties but they are essentially very UNP types. He owned or still owns Porsche, Volvo dealerships and is reputed to have hijacked the BMW dealership too. Arthur is well known. Doesnt speak very good English but throws big parties and tries his best to get invited to parties at Temple Trees or President’s House.
I notice a lot of Sindhi and Borah Lankans who live very rich and isolated lives above everyone else.
A lot of names look familiar but not too sure.
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Richard / April 9, 2016
Didn’t you see KRISHAN BALENDRA (son of Ken Balendra)big shot at John Keells? Wonder if John Keells arranges these transactions for its ‘A’ Team; over to you Sohli Captain.
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Spring Koha / April 7, 2016
Easy, good people!
It is very possible for fools to get rich. But MOST people who do get rich (one way or another) are not foolish to hide away money in their names. They use a very convenient donkey to carry the load. Smart-Cunning. A therein lies the secret to getting richer.
May the good Lord bless the foolish, and may they live to serve those smarter.
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Native Vedda / April 7, 2016
Spring Koha
“May the good Lord bless the foolish,”
Don’t you think it is too much to ask from Good Lord?
He/she will have to bless all 21 Million of them, 24/7/52 basis.
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Analyst / April 7, 2016
The above list indicates, these Srilankans have avoided paying tax to the Srilankan Government ,
That means they have plundered state Taxes which should have been used to build Hospital clinics or used the money to modernise Village schools. Ect in mine and your SL.
The above Businesses registered under Srilanka were they all Domiciled Srilankans??!
I am sure the Men and Women listed above would gladly return the TAXES due to our country unlike our wholesale looters of Modern Age Srilanka namely MARAPUSSA. &Co.
The inefficient FCID has more to investigate and GRAB THE TAX DUE TO THE SRILANKAN PEOPLE , ASAP.
It’s not a Surprise that MR etal have used the other Tax Havens to hide their loot which was looted Lock Stock and Barrel from our people nothing belonged to them except they were whole sale LOOT.
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Nadeeshan / April 7, 2016
These information are outdated, according to the website they says the Database contains only incuded information until 2010, Offshore leakes released in 2013 and thats not at least updated in this least… So no matter this is not Panama Papaers leaks at all..
according to me Panama Papars released to attach anti USA power houses, other than no much information released so far.
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moderate / April 7, 2016
Nilan Abeywickrama most certainly has connections to Gota!!!!
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Monte Cristo / April 7, 2016
These are not the “Panama Paper” Sri Lankans. That list should be more interesting as they indicate those who have stashed away illegal millions robbed from the people and the Country. I wonder whether CT WOULD oblige?
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Pinklips / April 7, 2016
I see Ricky’s son’s name. Delmege Ricky is very upper class Royalist close friend of RW, Malik etc and Ricky’s wife is JR’S son’s ex wife. These are not sinhala speaking Arthur types who became rich via political contacts. DELMEGE is big time and totally in the UNP funding camp.
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maali karunaratne / April 7, 2016
What do you do with all these information. These names are in the papers. Will this crime be investigated. Is it legal for them to invest outside. CT also does not say that they have committed a crime. I hope we get solid replies from a person who knows the issue.
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Sunil Dahanayake / April 7, 2016
Dear CT Editor,
If you are a real investigative journalist, you need to publish these information:
1. How much these people and companies have deposited in offshore companies?
2. How much these people and companies have paid income tax to the Taxation Department of Sri Lanka?
3. How these people and companies have generated this money.
I am sure that Sri Lankan government or Taxation Department will not any action against these people.
In addition to the above list, Can you please publish the names and amounts of the politicians (parliamentarians) who have deposited money in the Kathalawala’s Golden Credit Card Company.
If the CT can publish the above information, it would be a great service to the ordinary Sri Lankans.
It is my perception that super rich people in Sri Lanka do not pay fair share of direct income tax. But the Sri Lankan government, put the heavy burden on ordinary people through indirect taxes such as VAT or GST.
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Good Governance / April 7, 2016
I suggest that we take a balanced approach in this.
Apparently the world has permitted these off-shore arrangements presumably as safe havens to avoid taxes in the respective mother countries. Legitimate money and ill gotten means, if declared (you are supposed to declare), you must pay taxes. What the world at large objects is ill gotten means (Eg: money obtained through trafficking drugs, Illegal commissions through award of tenders etc. money from corruption).
Economic intelligence is a setup now practised all over the world, just as much as there are intelligence agencies to protect security (and perhaps meddle in affairs of other countries). It is also interesting to note that notorius criminal Al-Capone was finally thrown to prison for tax offences. It is therefore important that Big time transactions have to be tracked. There are countries that require transctions over USD 10,000 be specially reported. All this is to prevent nefarious activities.
I am not trying to white wash any body. But does the publication of names mean all of them are a set of rogues and they have ill gotten means? What we have to track down are chaps who have ill gotten wealth.
It is no secret that I too voted to boot out Jarapassa simply because of oppulency displayed, particularly by his children, indicating on the face that there was corruption. But that alone is not enough. WE NEED PROOF if we are to throw him to JAIL. Many, as seen from comments, are dissapointed that any of the Jarapassas are not in the list.
It is in the greater interest of the country to promote fairness and good governance. THAT MEANS NO UNFAIR ALLEGATIONS OR CASING ASPERSIONS against anybody just because a man’s name appear on the list of rich.
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Manel / April 7, 2016
Those who look for the Rajapaksa name, should not be disappointed. The Rajapaksa clan is very devious, and although totally lacking in honesty, are not fools to have accounts off shore in their names.
They have front men in the countries they hide their ill gotten gains, and make huge investments. There are names that no one recognizes like a certain Nandana Lokuwitana in Dubai and the Dubai Marriot saga. No one will ever find out the truth, but at least the people who are unpatriotic and greedy enough to help the previous regime fleece the country (obviously they benefit in some way too) should be thoroughly investigated, including their families.
The question should be how did they get such enormous sums of money to make such investigations? Follow the money trail. No stone should be left unturned. The people of this country deserve to have all they have had stolen from them, returned, and those guilty of ripping us off, should be held accountable, and be made into examples for other greedy leaders at the moment, and for the ones to come.
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Greg / April 7, 2016
lol you sound like one of those religious nut-jobs. You are so convinced about the lies gonja told you and you seriously believe that Rajapakshes are devious than David Camerons or Putins? and you know that they are turning every stone upside down whether idiots like you tell it or not right? They had been so occupied with turning stones they forgot about everything else and now the economy is close to been minus. Happy now?
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Manel / April 7, 2016
We do not care about Putin or David Cameron, so give that a break. We care about what has happened to our country, not Russia or the UK. So stop trying to deflect, and focus on the crimes committed within our country. . No one is happy, since we have been fleeced left, right, and center, whether it is our national carrier, or lucrative contracts for bridges and ports no one wants, and do not work. Calling commenters names or insulting them seems lame and it shows lack of substance and the inability to respond in an intelligent way. Grow up.
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words / April 7, 2016
You are as clever as that Ramanayke fellow:)))
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vishvajith / April 7, 2016
Congratulations and well done to those on the list. You are truly in an Exclusive Club Globally.
Srilanka Must be proud of you.no ?
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Yahapalanaya / April 7, 2016
V. Amarapala (Current CEB Chairman!!!)? Did someone at CT said that he is a good and honest chap? This is around and before 2013. Was he the chairman of CEB at that time? Probably he is a Hela Urumaya member? Was Pa.cha. Ranawaka the minister?
Arthur Senanayake (Wife is Hong Kong born wife Jennifer). I think he is kind of a pioneer in corrupt business practices after the flood gates were opened in 1977. May be I am wrong There was rumor saying that he imported bird “s..t” and sold as fertilizer in SL by getting around the Fertilizer Dept. Chairman. Then his links to arms sales,. supplying of airplanes to Ariforce….before he diversified. He was hanging around in the parliament corridors in order to sell BWM to MPP after getting the dealership (There was a rumorv saying that Menikdiwela’s son was a partner. ). Sampath bank premier Buddhist bank was good enough to make him the chairman after the exist of NU Jayawardena. Being a man from Galle may have used his southern connections to win projects during the MARA regime.
Then Avanthi Jayatillake. Unbelievable. Educated man from Royal college and University of Colombo, coming from a respectable family worked at USAID and then running a Environmental consultancy business. But then in SL it is hard to find a honest person.
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Plato. / April 7, 2016
My thoughts,at this point of time,go back to Dudley Senanayake,who died in April 1973,leaving a Princely sum of Rs:300 or so in his bank account:
A Prince among Men.Esto Perpetua!
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Iqi caffoor / April 8, 2016
What’s wrong in having a account overseas. I know quite a few of
the guys mentioned there and they are big time exporters and business men.
I too have an account overseas with what I earn abroad as commission.
What’s wrong with that. I too will put my money if I had a large ammount in
any country providing it’s safe and I pay the least amount in taxes. That’s
Business. The Colombo telegraph has become Pathetic. This is a true Sri
Lankan mentality of the Frogs in the well. If a frog gets out of the well
all the other Frogs in the well will keep croaking for the frog to come back
into the well. Finally I am sure quite a few of you and friends known to you
have accounts overseas .
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ramona therese fernando / April 9, 2016
The frog-in-the-well label cannot applied for Lankan commerce and business. Money in offshore accounts for places like America, old-Colonial countries, and oil-rich places, is a kind of global monetary balancer for places that have ability to generate vast amounts of wealth.
The last thing for a struggling country like Sri Lanka to do is to allow these kinds of business accounts to exist in foreign places. Money from the sweat of the Lankan brow, should remain to be invested at home.
Private import businesses making money off Lankan purchasing power, should pay high-taxes. When Lankan export potential is far below her import potential, money that gets sucked off the country to foreign accounts is a huge shame and impediment on country functionality.
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harry hatton / April 8, 2016
Is a CEO of a large Sri Lankan bank in this list ?
If he is is it ethical for him to be running a bank while at the same time investing undeclared earnings in a tax racket ?
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Liberal One / April 8, 2016
Ok here is the irony. Although some were having high hopes finding a Rajapakshe name in the list it turns out that the last in the list, Vidya Amarapala is a close aid of yahapalana hero, minister Champika Ranawaka with no real businesses to prove his wealth.
Expecting the yahapalana government to probe against Champika Ranawaka is too much because he has already evaded the law after an alleged accident but will the government at-least probe Mr Vidya Amarapala? Will the fake good governance activists who have some sort of an illogical hate against Rajapakshes demand their government to probe everyone in this list?
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anotherbuddist / April 8, 2016
This list is either an old list by the U.S.-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) or it is a misprint by CT. It should read 2015 and not 2013.
It was in early 2015 that the ‘Panama Papers’ were released. For political expediency BBC, Guardian and Süddeutsche Zeitung with ICIJ decided to give mileage to this old news – as the ‘Panama Papers’leak a few days ago. AND THEY DID NOT RELEASE THE FULL LIST.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-04-05/shots-fired-wikileaks-accuses-panama-papers-leaker-being-soros-funded-soft-power-tax
Before you assume that they have left the Rajapaksas out. I have news – it is the US companies / names that were not released. If you have the brains work out why / who they listed! And remember ICIJ is a Soros funded group.
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Srilal / April 8, 2016
Another Buddhist ,
“This list is either an old list by the U.S.-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) or it is a misprint by CT. It should read 2015 and not 2013.”
No it should read as 2013 , not 2015. in fact these off shore leaks were released way back in June 2013.
“I have news – it is the US companies / names that were not released. If you have the brains work out why / who they listed! And remember ICIJ is a Soros funded group. “
Reason for US companies exclusion in the Panama Papers is , US residents don’t need to go after off shore companies to hide their wealth , they can do it in their own soil , namely Nevada , Delaware and Wyoming etc . these are tax heavens. Panama papers are being analysed by different nationalities as opposed to your claim ; furthermore , one of Srilankan journalists is in the process of scrutinising these documents and expected to release the names of the owners by Sunday.
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wimpy kid / April 8, 2016
Hey, howcome my name is not in list.
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Monte Cristo / April 8, 2016
From what I see, having an offshore account is not illegal provided :
1) The money banked is not through illegal gains.( drugs, unlawful commissions,etc)
2) The account holder has been paying all his home country due taxes.
3)There has been transparency in all transaction between account holder and the off shore bank.
The reason people feel that money is stashed in offshore accounts is because they are ill gotten money(black money) and that there is a need to hide them. This may not be so in every case, although I do say there must be such cases. Legally obtained money is sometimes banked with offshore accounts for safety reasons when the account holder feels that his/her hard earned money is safer outside than within the country he is resident in for whatever reasons.
Cameron, the British PM, states that he was left the money by his late father, and that he has been paying all taxes due on these monies. Whether it is so or no time will tell. IF it is so then there is no crime committed. The PM of Iceland resigned because the monies in his account may have been ill-gotten. The Argentine leader says his deposits are clean, only time will tell. It will be interesting to see how Putin the Russian leader comes out of this. He has retaliated immediately by appointing a close strong arm confidante as the leader of a new security force. It is felt that this is to deal with any turbulence that should arise amongst the Russians as an aftermath of the exposure of his name.
All in all there may be more ill gotten deposits than ‘white money deposits”. Another good investigative journalistic exposure. We would welcome punishment of “black accounts” all over the world otherwise this exercise would be of no value.
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ramona therese fernando / April 8, 2016
Monte Cristo,
This latest set of Lankan offshore money, was money meant for the people of Sri Lanka. Where did these fellows get the money in the first place, to place in their very own privatized off-shore accounts?
Cameron, the British PM’s money from his late father, came from a long line of British inheritance due to Colonialism. Sri Lankan cannot claim any such status with the British monetary system (bad as the British system is).
This lot have amassed wealth either though elitist business niches (minus declaration of assets for country taxation and/or minus parliamentary approval for use of the money in such ways), and/or plain theft of country assets. Even if paltry Lankan taxation is paid, the undertakings of such accounts hold no meaning to country development.
That money came from Chinese loans that were meant for the Lankan people to invest within the country, and build up from down-up, or top-down (in any way possible…preferably down-up). These monies were supposed to have worked with the Lankan masses to alliance the Lankan monetary trend in line with the global monetary trend.
Instead, we see all this money sitting in limbo for a privileged few to indulge and speculate with, with nothing much for the Lankan populace to create, build up, and pay back. They are killing the whole reason of a global economic network (where each country is supposed to build up and justify the whole reason for the concept of money). There accounts are severely unpatriotic, illegal, and criminal in conception.
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Sri Lankan / April 8, 2016
Everyone has been duped by Colombo Telegraph.This is the list published by ICIJ in 2013 Off Shore Leaks Data Base and has nothing to do with the PANAMA LEAKS.Is the Colombo Telegraph the mouth piece of MR and his family and back lickers and critical of President Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe trying to draw a Red Herring and trying to mislead the Sri Lankan public?
Shame on your web site.Why don’t you stop publishing such misleading news and it is beat you close your web site without trying to publish lies!!! Your sister web site the mouth piece of the Pucha Wamsa the Official Crier of the so called frustrated politicians in the Joint opposition also published the same list yesterday!!!
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Greg12 / April 8, 2016
puh! So it’s ok to get caught in 2013? Man this is no ordinary government. This government came to power promising no tolerance for corruption. Why not probe each one of this list?
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ramona therese fernando / April 8, 2016
Tip of the iceberg!
List of *Those-Who-Are-Not-Mentioned*:
1) Are in HIGH-TAX off-shore jurisdiction – Lankan taxes (if any) are peanuts; imagine what the world-wide US capital-gains taxes are like.
2) In spite of US high-taxation, have plenty of money to buy valuable real-estate in US, and continue the Lankan economic bubble in US (US won’t mind- Chinese money meant for the people of Sri Lanka, came to US).
3) All economic bubbles created by *Those-Who-Are-Not-Mentioned* failed Lankan parliamentary approval.
4) Failing parliamentary approval means:
Big business created that did not favor the people of Sri Lanka, but rather favored a few elite who propagated their business on foreign grounds (with Chinese money meant for people of Sri Lanka). Money used in valuable US real estate, and for building up US-Lankan community business, thus creating the ever perpetual cycle of even more money coming out of Lanka.
5) Have hot-shot lawyers (even disgraced ones) skewing the laws of the land around for them
(And all the while, the Estate Laborers do not have their share of even one upgraded tenement apartment)
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