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Pandora Papers

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The Pandora Papers are 11.9 million leaked documents that were published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) beginning on 3 October 2021.[1][2] The leak showed financial deals of world leaders. Many leaders and billionaires were exposed over the offshore accounts in Panama, Switzerland and the UAE.[3] This leak was bigger than the Panama Papers in 2016, which had 11.5 million confidential documents.[4]

The size of the data, is 2.9 terabytes.

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  1. Miller, Greg; Cenziper, Debbie; Whoriskey, Peter (3 October 2021). "Pandora Papers – A Global Investigation – Billions Hidden Beyond Reach – Trove of secret files details opaque financial universe where global elite shield riches from taxes, probes and accountability". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. Díaz-Struck, Emilia; et al. (3 October 2021). "Pandora Papers: An offshore data tsunami – The Pandora Papers's 11.9 million records arrived from 14 different offshore services firms in a jumble of files and formats – even ink-on-paper – presenting a massive data-management challenge". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. "Offshore havens and hidden riches of world leaders and billionaires exposed in unprecedented leak – ICIJ". Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. "Bigger than Panama: Several Pakistani names on upcoming Pandora Papers". Samaa TV. 2 October 2021.