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The documents show steps taken by wealthy individuals, including public officials, to hide their money from public scrutiny. At the time of publication, the papers identified five government leaders from [[Argentina]], [[Iceland]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Ukraine]], and the [[United Arab Emirates]]; as well as government officials, close relatives, and close associates of various heads of government of more than forty other countries. Half of the companies exposed were based in the [[British Virgin Islands]]. [[Hong Kong]] contained the most affiliated banks, law firms and middlemen.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/panama-papers-david-cameron-uk-tax-avoidance-tax-havens-overseas-territories-a6968791.html|title=David Cameron urged to act on Panama Papers as UK named 'at heart of super-rich tax-avoidance network'|last=|first=|date=April 5, 2016|newspaper=The Independent|language=en-GB|accessdate=April 7, 2016|deadurl=no|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160404224929/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/panama-papers-david-cameron-uk-tax-avoidance-tax-havens-overseas-territories-a6968791.html|archive-date=April 4, 2010}}</ref>
The documents show steps taken by wealthy individuals, including public officials, to hide their money from public scrutiny. At the time of publication, the papers identified five government leaders from [[Argentina]], [[Iceland]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Ukraine]], and the [[United Arab Emirates]]; as well as government officials, close relatives, and close associates of various heads of government of more than forty other countries. Half of the companies exposed were based in the [[British Virgin Islands]]. [[Hong Kong]] contained the most affiliated banks, law firms and middlemen.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/panama-papers-david-cameron-uk-tax-avoidance-tax-havens-overseas-territories-a6968791.html|title=David Cameron urged to act on Panama Papers as UK named 'at heart of super-rich tax-avoidance network'|last=|first=|date=April 5, 2016|newspaper=The Independent|language=en-GB|accessdate=April 7, 2016|deadurl=no|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160404224929/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/panama-papers-david-cameron-uk-tax-avoidance-tax-havens-overseas-territories-a6968791.html|archive-date=April 4, 2010}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Clinton donors in the Panama Papers]]
==References==
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