The infamous, '1%', the richest of the rich, those who control much of world, are having their day, their worst days, ever --with no light at the end of he tunnel.
A group of 86 journalists form 46 different countries 'came upon' 2.5 million files of legal and illegal offshore investment records. The group is called, International Consortium Of Investigative Journalists are making wikileaks look meek.
120,000 offshore companies are included in the records of facts, figures, cash transfers and links to celebrities, politicians, the mofia, bankers and the 'plain filthy rich'.
The leaks are tied to 170 countries. Some owners of these international holdings are now being identified.
http://www.icij.org/...
Included in the records are the diverse and ambitious 'middlemen' --the lawyers, accountants, dealmakers and enablers who were paid dearly to keep the secrets of the very rich...secret. Suffice to say, at minimum, they are out of jobs.
4,000 of the holdings belong to Americans. Having any kind of foreign investments right now could make even the most honest person feel a bit jumpy. For the less than honest, there will be many a night's sleep lost, waiting and wondering.
On the brighter side, there's no telling how many mysteries will be unraveled due to this massive finding. One of the offshore documents has already solved the mystery of a pre-civil war helicopter deal in congo.