Pandora papers live update: Tendulkar, Shakira, King of Jordan, Putin named in leak

Also read | Pandora Papers leak: Pakistan govt to probe all citizens exposed, says PM Imran Khan

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said the government would investigate all citizens mentioned in the report. In the leak, several people from Pakistan have been claimed to be holding foreign assets. These include Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, his family, and the son of Prime Minister Imran Khan's former adviser for finance and revenue, Waqar Masood Khan

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson of biotechnology major Biocon Limited came out in defence of her husband John McCallum Marshall Shaw who has been named in Pandora papers.

Mazumdar-Shaw's name finds a mention in Pandora papers along with more than 300 Indians including ADAG chief Anil Ambani, legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff and others.

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According to Pandora papers, Nirav Modi's sister had opened a firm in the British Virgin Islands just a month before her brother fled India in January 2018.

Earlier this year a court in Mumbai had allowed Nirav's sister Purvi Modi to turn approver in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case.

Purvi had reportedly intended the firm to act as a corporate protector of a trust formed through the Trident Trust Company based in Singapore.

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Check list of high-profile Indians named in Pandora papers

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

The biotech entrepreneur has been mentioned in connection with her husband John McCallum Marshall Shaw who has come on radar. He is a British citizen and a key person associated with a trust he set up was barred by the Securities and Exchanges Board of India (Sebi) for insider trading in July 2021.

Jackie Shroff

Pandora papers reportedly mention Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff as being the prime beneficiary of a trust set up in New Zealand by his mother-in-law. The trust has a Swiss bank account. It also owned offshore company registered in British Virgin Islands.

Members of Imran Khan's inner circle secretly moved millions offshore

Those whose holdings have been exposed include PM Imran Khan’s finance minister, Shaukat Fayaz Ahmed Tarin, and his family, and the son of Khan’s former adviser for finance and revenue, Waqar Masood Khan. 

The records also reveal the offshore dealings of a top PTI donor, Arif Naqvi, who is now facing fraud charges in the United States.

Why is Sachin Tendulkar's name mentioned in report that reveals financial secrets?

A part of the report read: "People linked by the secret documents to offshore assets include India’s cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar, pop music diva Shakira, supermodel Claudia Schiffer and an Italian mobster known as "Lell the Fat One"."

However, according to DW News, Tendulkar's attorney claimed the cricketer's investment is lawful and has been reported to tax authorities. 

Pandora papers: King of Jordan's property empire reportedly worth over $100 million

Pandora papers have reportedly revealed that King Abdullah II has spent decades gathering an international luxury property empire worth over $100 million, ranging from the clifftops of Malibu, California, to Washington DC and on to central London’s most exclusive postcodes.

The most expensive of the king’s purchases revealed in the Pandora papers is a vast clifftop property on California’s Malibu coast. 

It is described as a “resort hotel-like mega-mansion”, which contains 26 rooms.

Pandora papers: Largest leak of offshore data in history explained

Leaked documents show the financial secrets of how world leaders, billionaires, and celebrities exploit tax havens in the millions. Among those listed are Tony Blair, Ukraine's Zelenskyy, and Shakira.

In 2019, an unknown source began submitting massive amounts of documents to the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

The files showed a global cast of fugitives, criminals, celebrities, football players, and others, 

Pandora papers reveal Putin's alleged mistress has assets worth $100 million

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly linked to undisclosed assets in Monaco, according to the Pandora papers.

Through the Pandora papers, the buyer has been identified as a woman named Svetlana Krivonogikh. The woman has been romantically linked with Putin since he was still deputy mayor of her hometown of St. Petersburg and reportedly has a daughter with him.

It's Pandora papers or box? Secret wealth, dealings of world leaders unearthed

The secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires have been exposed. The revelation has been made in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents in the world. It has been dubbed as the Pandora papers. Around 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 public officials have been featured in the files from offshore companies

Shakira to Sachin Tendulkar: Famous names emerge in the investigation of Pandora Papers

The Pandora papers obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) show that over 130 billionaires and celebrities from Russia, the United States, India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and Mexico used shell companies and incognito bank accounts to buy secret assets and conduct secret financial transactions.