A 2.94 terabyte data trove exposes the offshore secrets of wealthy elites from more than 200 countries and territories. These are people who use tax and secrecy havens to buy property and hide assets; many avoid taxes and worse. They include more than 330 politicians and 130 Forbes billionaires, as well as celebrities, fraudsters, drug dealers, royal family members and leaders of religious groups around the world.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists spent more than a year structuring, researching and analyzing the more than 11.9 million records in the Pandora Papers leak. The task involved three main elements: journalists, technology and time.
ICIJ used graphic platforms (Neo4j and Linkurious) to generate visualizations and make them searchable. This allowed reporters to explore connections between people and companies across providers.
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Keywords: data management • Financial Fraud Detection • icij • Pandora Papers