Saudi
king in the Middle of Panama Scandal Papers
News Update,RIYADH - Data
Leakage-owned law firms, Mossack Fonseca associate a name with a number of
prominent figures and world leaders with corruption scandals, tax evasion and
manipulation of financial activity known as Panama Papers.
One of the leaders of the
participating countries involved in the scandal that is the King of Saudi
Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud.
According to the document
Papers Panama, the leader of the House of Saud who ascended the throne in
January 2015 the use of offshore Virgin Islands, British to buy mortgages and
eliminate the mansion located in London.
The report quoted from
the Royal Central, Tuesday (04/05/2016), said that the total mortgages were
transferred from the use of the company reached USD34 million, or approximately
Rp449 billion.
The role of the king
himself is not mentioned in detail in the leaked document was the largest in
history, and only associated with mortgages and assets that he possesses
through the offshore.
The Saudi Arabian
government itself, has not given any response or explanation regarding the
involvement of the Saudi king with this Papers Panama scandal.
Panama Scandal Papers
published by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung at the weekend reveal
ownership of offshore companies and a shell company or a fictitious company
belonging to the country's leaders, politicians, and popular world figure.
Although it was legal,
such companies are widely used for money laundering, tax evasion, and hide
financial transactions, so that ownership suspicion.
Until now, Panama Papers
have dragged the name of 72 heads of state and former heads of state were
allegedly involved in such practices.(n/u)
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