The Pandora Papers are a leak of almost 12 million papers and files that reveal world leaders’, politicians’, and billionaires’ hidden riches and transactions.
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Are the Pandora Papers real?
Yes. The data was collected by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington, DC, and has resulted in one of the most comprehensive worldwide investigations ever conducted.
In the United Kingdom, the investigation was led by BBC Panorama and the Guardian. Over 600 journalists from 117 countries investigated the hidden fortunes of some of the world’s most powerful people.
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Who leaked the Pandora Papers?
The Pandora Papers are a collection of 11.9 million leaked documents which included 2.9 terabytes of data released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on October 3, 2021.
Why is it called Pandora Papers?
It is not very clear why it was named so but the name Pandora is akin to Greek mythology. Pandora was given a box holding disease, death, and a slew of other unnamed calamities, which she then released onto the world.
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