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Hey everybody, Alexi here.

This week, as you might have seen, the Pandora papers dropped.

This is a huge collection of nearly 12 million documents released by the International Consortium

of Investigative Journalists.

The papers reveal how many world leaders allegedly hold wealth outside of their countries.

The president of Kenya, for instance, was reported to have $30 million hidden in shell

companies, formed in Panama.

The Check Prime Minister was tied to a $22 million house in Cannes, France.

The King of Jordan was tied to more than $100 million in foreign property.

All of these properties were hidden through shell companies, and those shell companies were

often created right here in the US.

Since the leak, the politicians featured in the papers have defended their actions as legal,

but many are facing strong criticism in their countries.

In some cases, their holdings in other countries seem at odds with their anti-corruption pushes

at home.

This is of course the latest big leak of data at revealing how the world's elite handle

their money and often avoid paying taxes.

And some of the details in the papers reminded us of our experience when we set up our

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