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'''Marc Rich''', who likewise was implicated in the [[BCCI]] scandal,<ref>http://fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/24appendic.htm</ref> is the biggest tax cheat in American history. Rich fled the country. He was a big donor to the Clintons and the [[Democratic party]], so [[Bill Clinton]] wanted to pardon him. [[Eric Holder]], who later served as [[Barack Obama]]'s Attorney General, arranged the pardons.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/holder.confirmation/ Former FBI director: Holder was 'used' in Rich pardon], [[CNN]]</ref> Former President [[Jimmy Carter]] publicly called it "disgraceful".<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/carter-rich-pardon-disgraceful/ Carter: Rich Pardon 'Disgraceful'], CBSNews.com staff AP February 21, 2001</ref> Rich's wife then donated at least $450,000 to the [[Clinton Foundation]].
'''Marc Rich''', who likewise was implicated in the [[BCCI]] scandal,<ref>http://fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/24appendic.htm</ref> is the biggest tax cheat in American history. Rich fled the country. He was a big donor to the Clintons and the [[Democratic party]], so [[Bill Clinton]] wanted to pardon him. [[Eric Holder]], who later served as [[Barack Obama]]'s Attorney General, arranged the pardons.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/holder.confirmation/ Former FBI director: Holder was 'used' in Rich pardon], [[CNN]]</ref> Former President [[Jimmy Carter]] publicly called it "disgraceful".<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/carter-rich-pardon-disgraceful/ Carter: Rich Pardon 'Disgraceful'], CBSNews.com staff AP February 21, 2001</ref> Rich's wife then donated at least $450,000 to the [[Clinton Foundation]].
==Russia==
Rich has been accused of looting the disintegrating [[Soviet Union]] with [[Communist Party]] officials and their associates in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Based in [[Switzerland]], instructed Communist party bosses how to skirt the law by doing secret deals through shell companies and the like. There were allegations in the Russian press and elsewhere that Rich was aiding and abetting capital flight from the country, but he was never charged.
A widely read 1999 article in the foreign-policy journal ''The National Interest'', written by ex-[[CIA]] officer and [[National Security Council]] staffer Fritz W. Ermarth, noted that, as far back as 1985, the [[KGB]] was engaged in the massive transfer of assets abroad via commodities trading through front companies.
==Panama Papers==
==Panama Papers==