5 ways celebrities in the Pandora Papers use the offshore system | Prepare For Change

Prepare For Change | By Derek Knauss

October 21, 2021

From icij.org

Alongside politicians and billionaires, the Pandora Papers reveals how the rich and famous also make use of offshore havens, from Jackie Shroff to Shakira, Ringo Starr to Sachin Tendulkar.

By Sean McGoey

Linked to offshore assets: Shakira, Sachin Tendulkar, Claudia Schiffer.

Shakira did it. So did Ringo Starr, Claudia Schiffer, Julio Iglesias and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.

They have all set up companies “offshore,” in places like the British Virgin Islands (BVI), where tax rates are low or zero and where their businesses — and their identities — are hidden from the public.

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