Every day its share of revelations. LSK yesterday we learned that the Luxembourg investment company chaired by a time DSK, was also involved in the scandal “Panama papers”
“Panama papers” made their first victim weight.: Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson was forced to resign, carried away by the street pressure outraged by revelations about its investments in tax havens. This is the first “scalp” obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), whose members distill daily revelations about very opaque financial and tax practices of personalities, leaders, entrepreneurs, athletes , banks … a range of clients of the law firm Mossack Fonseca Panama, specializing in offshore domiciliation of companies.
this news at this time concerning twists LSK, the Luxembourg investment company chaired a time by Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The newspaper Le Monde revealed yesterday that LSK had created 31 companies in tax havens and helped wealthy clients to open and administer companies Seychelles, Panama and Hong Kong. Transactions take place via a subsidiary, Assaya Asset Management, based in Luxembourg. “Most of the funds were used to open accounts in tax havens, an often used to conceal the identity of beneficiaries assembly,” the newspaper said. So who are the beneficiaries? French wealthy individuals, Asian audiovisual producers, a major Parisian planning group.
The facts are, however, predate the arrival of DSK to chair the group, while ASSYA Asset Management named yet MZ Finance, referring to his bosses Jean-Christophe and Fabien Zuili amount. This is a new twist in the LSK record that lasts for several months and where DSK is the subject of complaints from former shareholders.
François Hollande calls for strengthening international cooperation in the fight against tax evasion. According to the Head of State, revelations confirm the action taken by France for four years in the fight against fraud. Moreover, Michel Sapin, Minister of Finance, called the OECD countries to put Panama on the list of tax havens, like France, ensuring that it was not to be intimidated by threats of reprisal the Latin American countries.
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