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4bucksagallon

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15. From my understanding it's more this.

Sun Apr 10, 2016, 10:18 PM

Apr 2016

There are several reasons why the United States might not have been a major source of clients for the Panamanian law firm, relatively speaking. Perhaps it deliberately avoided having a large presence in the United States, so as not to attract the attention of U.S. authorities. Or perhaps there was too much competition.
An article published in The Economist in 2012 pointed out that the business of setting up shell companies in tax havens is competitive and includes a number of well-established firms, such as the Hong Kong-based Offshore Incorporations Ltd., the Isle of Man-based OCRA Worldwide, and Morgan & Morgan, of Panama. In other words, wealthy Americans have many options for structuring their offshore holdings.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/panama-papers-why-arent-there-more-american-names

Hong Kong-based Offshore Incorporations Ltd., the Isle of Man-based OCRA Worldwide, and Morgan & Morgan, of Panama.
Hong Kong-based Offshore Incorporations Ltd., the Isle of Man-based OCRA Worldwide, and Morgan & Morgan, of Panama.
Hong Kong-based Offshore Incorporations Ltd., the Isle of Man-based OCRA Worldwide, and Morgan & Morgan, of Panama.
Say it with me we can't repeat it too much as I am sure there are many more US pols and other famous and infamous unpatriotic "Americans" on other lists.
It's a shame that we can't get more to leak their information about the underhanded and crooked dealings of the rich and famous and the rich and not so famous. Wouldn't you agree?

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As I said Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #2

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From my understanding it's more this. 4bucksagallon Apr 2016 #15

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