Fact check
Is it true: Paradise Papers offshore-leak (Nov 5 2017)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
The Paradise Papers are based on 13.4 million authentic documents from Appleby and associated sources, analysed by the ICIJ and 95 media partners. The major disclosures — Apple's Jersey restructuring, Wilbur Ross's Navigator Holdings interest, the Duchy of Lancaster's offshore investments — have been confirmed by the subjects involved, who disputed characterisation rather than the underlying facts. The documents are genuine; the arrangements are real.
The claim
On 5 November 2017 the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Süddeutsche Zeitung, and 95 media partners published findings from 13.4 million documents leaked from Appleby (a Be
Key evidence
13.4 million authentic documents from Appleby and associated sources
Most disclosed arrangements were legal — no widespread criminality
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